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From: "Pierre-Yves Rofes (py)" <py@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-200710-16.xml
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:43:11
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3 Added: glsa-200710-16.xml
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5 GLSA 200710-16
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-16.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19
20 <glsa id="200710-16">
21 <title>X.Org X server: Composite local privilege escalation</title>
22 <synopsis>
23 A vulnerability has been discovered in the Composite extension of the X.Org
24 X server, allowing for a local privilege escalation.
25 </synopsis>
26 <product type="ebuild">X.Org</product>
27 <announced>October 14, 2007</announced>
28 <revised>October 14, 2007: 01</revised>
29 <bug>191964</bug>
30 <access>local</access>
31 <affected>
32 <package name="x11-base/xorg-server" auto="yes" arch="*">
33 <unaffected range="ge">1.3.0.0-r1</unaffected>
34 <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.0.0-r1</vulnerable>
35 </package>
36 </affected>
37 <background>
38 <p>
39 The X Window System is a graphical windowing system based on a
40 client/server model.
41 </p>
42 </background>
43 <description>
44 <p>
45 Aaron Plattner discovered a buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap()
46 function when copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a
47 smaller pixel depth pixmap.
48 </p>
49 </description>
50 <impact type="high">
51 <p>
52 A local attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
53 the user running the X server, typically root.
54 </p>
55 </impact>
56 <workaround>
57 <p>
58 Disable the Composite extension by setting ' Option "Composite"
59 "disable" ' in the Extensions section of xorg.conf.
60 </p>
61 <p>
62 Note: This could affect the functionality of some applications.
63 </p>
64 </workaround>
65 <resolution>
66 <p>
67 All X.Org X server users should upgrade to the latest version:
68 </p>
69 <code>
70 # emerge --sync
71 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r1&quot;</code>
72 </resolution>
73 <references>
74 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4730">CVE-2007-4730</uri>
75 </references>
76 <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:35:12 +0000">
77 p-y
78 </metadata>
79 <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:35:33 +0000">
80 p-y
81 </metadata>
82 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:30:05 +0000">
83 rbu
84 </metadata>
85 </glsa>
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