Scientific Red Hat: xorg-x11-server Critical CVE-2010-1167 Remote Exec Denial Advisory 2010-0002

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:45:53 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: xorg-x11-server on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: xorg-x11-server security update
Issue date:	2010-04-28
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-1166

An incorrect calculation flaw was discovered in the X.Org Render
extension. A malicious, authorized client could exploit this issue to
crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root
privileges. (CVE-2010-1166)

All running X.Org server instances must be restarted for this update to
take effect.

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.src.rpm
 i386:
xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvnc-source-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvnc-source-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson