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Scientific Linux: CVE-2007-4730 Moderate xorg-x11 DoS Risk

Calendar Sep 19, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate security update doS xorg-x11 Scientific Linux
Moderate: xorg-x11 security update 
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:45:08 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for xorg-x11 on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: xorg-x11 security update
Issue date:	2007-09-19
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4730

A flaw was found in the way X.Org's composite extension handles 32 bit
color depth windows while running in 16 bit color depth mode. If an X.org
server has enabled the composite extension, it may be possible for a
malicious authorized client to cause a denial of service (crash) or
potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.org server.
(CVE-2007-4730)

Please note this flaw can only be triggered when using a compositing window
manager. Scientific Linux 4 does not ship with a compositing window
manager.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.31.src.rpm
 i386:
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-doc-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-sdk-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xdmx-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-doc-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.31.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-sdk-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Xdmx-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.8.2-1.EL.31.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson