Gentoo: GLSA 200801-09 High Severity: X.Org X Server Integer Overflow
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March 5, 2008
The previous version of the X.Org X server (1.3.0.0-r4) did not properly address the integer overflow vulnerability in the MIT-SHM extension (CVE-2007-6429)
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [ERRATA UPDATE] GLSA 200801-09:03
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: X.Org X server and Xfont library: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 20, 2008
Updated: March 05, 2008
Bugs: #204362, #208343
ID: 200801-09:03
Errata
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The previous version of the X.Org X server (1.3.0.0-r4) did not
properly address the integer overflow vulnerability in the MIT-SHM
extension (CVE-2007-6429). It failed to check on Pixmaps of certain
bit depths.
All users of the X.Org X server package should upgrade to
x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r5.
The corrected sections appear below.
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