rPSA-2007-0005-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xfs

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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0005-1
Published: 2007-01-09
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Severe
Exposure Level Classification:
    Local Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    xorg-x11=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1
    xorg-x11-fonts=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1
    xorg-x11-tools=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1
    xorg-x11-xfs=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6101
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6102
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6103
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-920

Description:
    Previous versions of the xorg-x11 package are vulnerable to an attack
    which allows authenticated X connections to provide intentionally
    malformed data which the X server does not fully validate before
    using.  This vulnerability is known to enable a Denial of Service
    attack; any process with an authenticated connection to the X
    server can cause the entire X server process to crash.  (It may
    enable other attacks as well; the full extent of vulnerabilities
    created by these faults is not completely analyzed.)