- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [ERRATA UPDATE] GLSA 200801-09:03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: X.Org X server and Xfont library: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: January 20, 2008 Updated: March 05, 2008 Bugs: #204362, #208343 ID: 200801-09:03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Errata ====== The previous version of the X.Org X server (1.3.0.0-r4) did not properly address the integer overflow vulnerability in the MIT-SHM extension (CVE-2007-6429). It failed to check on Pixmaps of certain bit depths. All users of the X.Org X server package should upgrade to x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r5. The corrected sections appear below. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-base/xorg-server < 1.3.0.0-r5 >= 1.3.0.0-r5 2 x11-libs/libXfont < 1.3.1-r1 >= 1.3.1-r1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution ========== All X.Org X server users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r5" All X.Org Xfont library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.3.1-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5760 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5760 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-5958 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5958 [ 3 ] CVE-2007-6427 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6427 [ 4 ] CVE-2007-6428 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6428 [ 5 ] CVE-2007-6429 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6429 [ 6 ] CVE-2008-0006 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0006 [ 7 ] X.Org security advisory http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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