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Red Hat: RHSA-2001:071-05 Critical: XFree86 Buffer Overflow Fixes

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2001
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Debian's latest kernel updates enhance system stability and tackle critical security issues. Ensure that your systems are up-to-date.
Many bugfixes and security fixes are available for XFree86-3.3.6.

Solution

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

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):

10877 - Red Hat 6.x X Font Server DoS Vulnerability 10897 - X11 font server vulnerability 10951 - X Font Server DoS and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities 10960 - X enters endless loop calling select() when window is closed 18636 - Bug on XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-33.i386.rpm 32302 - i815 X Server won't start after install

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 6.2:

SRPMS:


alpha:




















i386:



























sparc:


















Red Hat Linux 7.0:

SRPMS:


alpha:










i386:















Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:


i386:
















7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name 19813b3684ae50af586e7514e70a49d3 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/XFree86-3.3.6-29.src.rpm 5f58f0f0aac229cebdb0d2e7a90b3efc 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm ff29ca70bf332bb1420a2c100cf8e8ce 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm b90b0cd803be522004c5a5a52dc211c6 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm fa94cd814cbfd44890b4dd5224225eed 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm e42de1537d7ba9872b51c718d46ff8d7 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm bb399dad4535d44292a8725f2136fc38 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm 7c13affcb2d42df542eccd35a324dfd6 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-Mono-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm b87029be7ba981ada69bebb4a0577fab 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-P9000-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm 369cc08d8a33480939d66d51034285f2 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-S3-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm dc04787a6eb0961105aa2588780cdd79 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm 3e6fe15ca495c24b2d521a168721c0de 6.2/en/os/alpha/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-29.alpha.rpm 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6.2/en/os/sparc/XFree86-doc-3.3.6-29.sparc.rpm 0ac394745bbfd6902316ebee8702c90f 6.2/en/os/sparc/XFree86-libs-3.3.6-29.sparc.rpm 248cb3d242930018b9790ac7f5ae4a96 6.2/en/os/sparc/XFree86-xfs-3.3.6-29.sparc.rpm 4821e654068ae8e493dfe75b74c553f9 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/XFree86-Servers-3.3.6-38.src.rpm 9907035893dd07c3d3c36e799bae1d61 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 7216839cafd60f49199a513872a7cb2c 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm fd44ffcce8b1809656268223856a065b 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 26fd7598f6bddaff6b9101ace876bfaf 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-Mono-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 8c962b6a9c441acc768d93e907ce236e 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-P9000-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 092c3845ec3aac774dbdf5f31d2c35b6 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-S3-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 9f208cf4cb82008b97d31370f2ed36b2 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 375060c0c57cce2c50e4a45064776e8e 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 4729b1e13151192e592766a20f34b4bf 7.0/en/os/alpha/XFree86-TGA-3.3.6-38.alpha.rpm 95d29d457cbe2fd35384ffb696af0e1b 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 28f798c4139371d87120f70efd4f1fb9 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-8514-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm fb9d1bfac98821c7ce9077776a8cc0d5 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-AGX-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 015c6b42bcf7c3ee98159d15262c10b8 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm ea42d8450b89ae9d82634f4e8eb96d76 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-Mach32-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 59528253726edf935c4b08a46b3e6140 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 42509874ce06478e7022d981e7198cf0 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-Mach8-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 45d812c301d6ae6ef6e0daf108acebec 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-Mono-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 0b869da7a2a80c7a3d70c78ac90346f5 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-P9000-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 1bbbfcfba7bcc1fc00b1a48038bf621e 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-S3-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 0c8db5a07bdf586d37d86da95d807d07 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 601693c9545227a4021357ce7c455f13 7.0/en/os/i386/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 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7.1/en/os/i386/XFree86-S3-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 0c8db5a07bdf586d37d86da95d807d07 7.1/en/os/i386/XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 601693c9545227a4021357ce7c455f13 7.1/en/os/i386/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm be837f3b9dec6872e480521a6fc3495e 7.1/en/os/i386/XFree86-VGA16-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm 6132be4d08c23aa293b26bfc60fae63c 7.1/en/os/i386/XFree86-W32-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:


You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg

Summary

References

The complete list of changes that have occured since the official release of XFree86 3.3.6 can be found in the XFree86 changelog, located at: XFree86 Changes (3.3) or in the XFree86 source code in the directory: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/CHANGELOG Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. `

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:071-05
Issue date: 2001-05-24
Updated on: 2001-06-22
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: XFree86 update security vulnerablity stable s3 savage i815 i810
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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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