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Mandriva update for xorg-x11
Secunia Advisory: SA23033
Release Date: 2006-11-20
Popularity: 5,596 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3739
CVE-2006-3740


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for xorg-x11. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA21864

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2007

50b96572ecc3cc1a58d596fc578a703 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/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

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:164-1

Other References:
SA21864:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21864/


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