Gentoo: 200605-02 High: X.Org Buffer Overflow Impacting Users

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: X.Org: Buffer overflow in XRender extension Date: May 02, 2006 Bugs: #130979 ID: 200605-02

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow in the XRender extension potentially allows any X.Org user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Background ========= X.Org is X.Org Foundation's public implementation of the X Window System.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-base/xorg-x11 < 6.8.2-r7 >= 6.8.2-r7
========== X.Org miscalculates the size of a buffer in the XRender extension.
Impact ===== An X.Org user could exploit this issue to make the X server...