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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2007:0520-01 Moderate: XFS Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This patch resolves a significant vulnerability in the xfs font server within Red Hat, bolstering overall cybersecurity.
Updated X.org packages that address a flaw in the way the X.Org X11 xfs font server starts are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.A temporary file flaw was found in the ...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

242903 - CVE-2007-3103 init.d xfs script chown race condition vulnerability

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

SRPMS: 7f6d90098c6a752c16894315b85e739e xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.src.rpm

i386: 94318ae2d5f02439c58541c5a9c34314 xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.i386.rpm 8880bbe448c5d423e2056800b56e3636 xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo-1.0.2-4.i386.rpm 1e54d7037ede3c1a5476d3ad65b62eb0 xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-4.i386.rpm

x86_64: 434fb4f47152e671d0c59b9b677295a8 xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm 091aefa331d43036745b55d90c59a4b4 xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo-1.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm 6cea61c7098202810b812aba74e8610c xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

SRPMS: 7f6d90098c6a752c16894315b85e739e xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.src.rpm

i386: 94318ae2d5f02439c58541c5a9c34314 xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.i386.rpm 8880bbe448c5d423e2056800b56e3636 xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo-1.0.2-4.i386.rpm 1e54d7037ede3c1a5476d3ad65b62eb0 xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-4.i386.rpm

ia64: 9657c080a0362243369a9b54f5207851 xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.ia64.rpm 1ae3c7834e7e591c3e13b8babb1f9485 xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo-1.0.2-4.ia64.rpm 346da7e5c6d4660d510016d44fabc095 xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-4.ia64.rpm

ppc: 2a140017df1fefae7828547975f0d48a xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.ppc.rpm 8eb1e6ded2137a78a7258d16f823f2bd xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo-1.0.2-4.ppc.rpm 703f21661da66e60c38a2356643078f6 xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-4.ppc.rpm

s390x: faaacf77fde117b6c71afcb60c7c9508 xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.s390x.rpm 4a56c7298da2c1ece7ce05a076989637 xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo-1.0.2-4.s390x.rpm 86b097cc09ab2ab9a7687755950b7279 xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-4.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 434fb4f47152e671d0c59b9b677295a8 xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm 091aefa331d43036745b55d90c59a4b4 xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo-1.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm 6cea61c7098202810b812aba74e8610c xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat font server local escalation xfs

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3103 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List


Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0520-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0520.html
Issue date: 2007-07-12
Updated on: 2007-07-12
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat font server local escalation xfs

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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