Advisories:rPSA-2006-0058

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rPath Security Advisory 2006-0058-1

Published: 2006-05-02

Products

• rPath Linux 1

Rating

Critical

Exposure Level Classification

Local Root Deterministic Vulnerability

Updated Versions

• xorg-x11=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/6.8.2-30-0.1
• xorg-x11-fonts=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/6.8.2-30-0.1
• xorg-x11-tools=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/6.8.2-30-0.1
• xorg-x11-xfs=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/6.8.2-30-0.1

rPath Issue Tracking System

• RPL-350

References

• CVE-2006-1526
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6642

Description

The X render extension mis-calculates the size of a buffer, leading

to an overflow, which can probably be exploited by clients of the

X server on most systems.

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