[ MDKSA-2006:164-1 ] - Updated xorg-x11/XFree86 packages fix integer overflow vulnerabilities

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                       MDKSA-2006:164-1
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : xorg-x11
 Date    : November 17, 2006
 Affected: 2007.0
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 Problem Description:
 
 Local exploitation of an integer overflow vulnerability in the
 'CIDAFM()' function in the X.Org and XFree86 X server could allow an
 attacker to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the X server,
 typically root (CVE-2006-3739).

 Local exploitation of an integer overflow vulnerability in the
 'scan_cidfont()' function in the X.Org and XFree86 X server could allow
 an attacker to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the X server,
 typically root (CVE-2006-3740).

 Updated packages are patched to address this issue.

 Update:

 Updated packages for 2007.0 have been patched (libxfont)
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 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3739
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3740
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 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
 450b96572ecc3cc1a58d596fc578a703  
2007.0/i586/libxfont1-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 14062b73ca8dc6a1c8d1b7a4f047b1f4  
2007.0/i586/libxfont1-devel-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 9d594cbb4ce10aa517d1bce91515854b  
2007.0/i586/libxfont1-static-devel-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 be0b07f353c66939d676c139b29d686d  
2007.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
 236b0e53bb7c9cfa09e50030bb812c1f  
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 6ba1392948b5aa507675bb27a4783ff2  
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-devel-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 d484c9490f06a16f71faf6fa2f5e1f21  
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-static-devel-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 3af8ee0086a093daef39ec7be078f6e8  
2007.0/x86_64/libxfont-debug-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 be0b07f353c66939d676c139b29d686d  
2007.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.1.0-4.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
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