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Family: Slackware Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
SSA-2006-123-01 xorg server overflow Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
SSA-2006-123-01 xorg server overflow
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
New xorg and xorg-devel packages are available for Slackware 10.1, 10.2,
and -current to fix a security issue. A typo in the X render extension
in X.Org 6.8.0 or later allows an X client to crash the server and
possibly to execute arbitrary code as the X server user (typically this
is "root".)
More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1526
The advisory from X.Org may be found here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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