Scientific Linux SL4: Moderate Xorg-X11 Security Update

Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:26:33 -0500
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: xorg-x11 on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: xorg-x11 security update
Issue date:	2011-04-11
CVE Names:	CVE-2011-0465

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server resource database utility, xrdb.
Certain variables were not properly sanitized during the launch of a
user's graphical session, which could possibly allow a remote attacker
to execute arbitrary code with root privileges, if they were able to
make the display manager execute xrdb with a specially-crafted X client
hostname. For example, by configuring the hostname on the target system
via a crafted DHCP reply, or by using the X Display Manager Control
Protocol (XDMCP) to connect to that system from a host that has a
special DNS name. (CVE-2011-0465)

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

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.67.src.rpm
 i386:
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-doc-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-sdk-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xdmx-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-doc-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.67.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-sdk-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Xdmx-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.8.2-1.EL.67.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson