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SUSE-SR:2008:003:vuln9: NX also affected by X.org security problems

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SUSE-SR:2008:003:vuln9: NX also affected by X.org security problems

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/10/2008
Modified
11/18/2015

Description

The XInput extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests related to byte swapping and heap corruption within multiple functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4990.

Solution(s)

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