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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200705-06">
<title>X.Org X11 library: Multiple integer overflows</title>
<synopsis>
The X.Org X11 library contains multiple integer overflows, which could lead
to the execution of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libx11</product>
<announced>May 05, 2007</announced>
<revised>May 05, 2007: 01</revised>
<bug>172752</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="x11-libs/libX11" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.0.3-r2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.0.3-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
X.Org is an implementation of the X Window System. The X.Org X11
library provides the X11 protocol library files.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Multiple integer overflows have been reported in the XGetPixel()
function of the X.Org X11 library.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
By enticing a user to open a specially crafted image, an attacker could
cause a Denial of Service or an integer overflow, potentially resulting
in the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All X.Org X11 library users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-libs/libX11-1.0.3-r2&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1667">CVE-2007-1667</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:52:56 +0000">
jaervosz
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:53:31 +0000">
dizzutch
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:10:37 +0000">
vorlon
</metadata>
</glsa>