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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2013:0502-02 Low Severity X11 Client Update

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Enhanced Core X11 applications for RHEL 6 elevate security measures and optimize performance while rectifying existing flaws.
Updated core client packages for the X Window System that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

The Core X11 clients packages provide the xorg-x11-utils, xorg-x11-server-utils, and xorg-x11-apps clients that ship with the X Window System.
It was found that the x11perfcomp utility included the current working directory in its PATH environment variable. Running x11perfcomp in an attacker-controlled directory would cause arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running x11perfcomp. (CVE-2011-2504)
Also with this update, the xorg-x11-utils and xorg-x11-server-utils packages have been upgraded to upstream version 7.5, and the xorg-x11-apps package to upstream version 7.6, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions. (BZ#835277, BZ#835278, BZ#835281)
All users of xorg-x11-utils, xorg-x11-server-utils, and xorg-x11-apps are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity X11 clients

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2504 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: xorg-x11-apps-7.6-6.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-apps-debuginfo-7.6-6.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-13.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo-7.5-13.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-utils-7.5-6.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo-7.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: xorg-x11-apps-7.6-6.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-apps-debuginfo-7.6-6.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-13.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo-7.5-13.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-utils-7.5-6.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo-7.5-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-13.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo-7.5-13.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-utils-7.5-6.el6.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo-7.5-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386: xorg-x11-apps-7.6-6.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-apps-debuginfo-7.6-6.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-13.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo-7.5-13.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-utils-7.5-6.el6.i686.rpm xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo-7.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64: xorg-x11-apps-7.6-6.el6.ppc64.rpm xorg-x11-apps-debuginfo-7.6-6.el6.ppc64.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-13.el6.ppc64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0502-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0502.html
Issue date: 2013-02-21

Topic

Updated core client packages for the X Window System that fix one securityissue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having lowsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity X11 clients

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

717672 - CVE-2011-2504 x11perfcomp has dot in its path

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