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Family: Fedora Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
Fedora Core 5 2006-172: xorg-x11-server Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
Check for the version of the xorg-x11-server package
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2006-172 (xorg-x11-server).
X.Org X11 X server
Update Information:
Coverity scanned the X.Org source code for problems and
reported their findings to the X.Org development team. Upon
analysis, Alan Coopersmith, a member of the X.Org
development team, noticed a couple of serious security
issues in the findings. In particular, the Xorg server can
be exploited for root privilege escalation by passing a path
to malicious modules using the -modulepath command line
argument. Also, the Xorg server can be exploited to
overwrite any root writable file on the filesystem with the
-logfile command line argument.
Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Threat Level: High
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