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Added: glsa-201207-04.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 201207-04 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201207-04.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201207-04.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201207-04.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-201207-04.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/glsa.xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/guide.xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="201207-04"> |
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<title>X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation</title> |
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<synopsis>A format string vulnerability in X.Org X Server may allow local |
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privilege escalation or Denial of Service. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">xorg-server</product> |
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<announced>July 09, 2012</announced> |
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<revised>July 09, 2012: 1</revised> |
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<bug>412609</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="x11-base/xorg-server" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">1.11.4-r1</unaffected> |
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<unaffected range="rge">1.10.6-r1</unaffected> |
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<unaffected range="rle">1.9.5-r1</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.11.4-r1</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p>The X Window System is a graphical windowing system based on a |
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client/server model. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p>The "LogVHdrMessageVerb()" function in log.c contains a format string |
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vulnerability. |
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</p> |
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<p>NOTE: Exposure to this vulnerability is reduced in Gentoo due to X.Org X |
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Server being built with "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" by default. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="high"> |
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<p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges or cause a Denial of |
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Service condition. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p>All X.Org X Server 1.11.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.11.4-r1" |
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</code> |
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<p>All X.Org X Server 1.10.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.10.6-r1" |
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</code> |
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<p>X.Org X Server 1.9.x is not affected.</p> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2118">CVE-2012-2118</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata timestamp="Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:03:57 +0000" tag="requester">ackle</metadata> |
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<metadata timestamp="Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:21:08 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata> |
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</glsa> |