gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200605-02.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200605-02">
  <title>X.Org: Buffer overflow in XRender extension</title>
  <synopsis>
    A buffer overflow in the XRender extension potentially allows any X.Org
    user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">X.Org</product>
  <announced>2006-05-02</announced>
  <revised count="01">2006-05-02</revised>
  <bug>130979</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-base/xorg-x11" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">6.8.2-r7</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">6.8.2-r7</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    X.Org is X.Org Foundation's public implementation of the X Window
    System.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    X.Org miscalculates the size of a buffer in the XRender extension.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    An X.Org user could exploit this issue to make the X server
    execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All X.Org users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r7"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1526">CVE-2006-1526</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-05-01T14:14:06Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-05-02T17:42:54Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>