Red Hat update for XFree86 - Advisories

Red Hat update for XFree86

Secunia Advisory:	SA21900
Release Date:	2006-09-13

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3 RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium


CVE reference:	CVE-2006-3739 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2006-3740 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: Red Hat has issued an update for XFree86. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. For more information: SA21890 Solution: Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com Original Advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0666.html Other References: SA21890: http://secunia.com/advisories/21890/



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