Red Hat update for xorg-x11 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Red Hat update for xorg-x11
Secunia Advisory:	SA26056	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-07-12
Last Update:	2007-07-13
Popularity:	7,087 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-3103

Description: Red Hat has issued an update for xorg-x11 and xorg-x11-xfs. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform actions with escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition within the handling of temporary files when the xfs font server startup script is executed. This can be exploited to change the permissions of arbitrary files. Solution: Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com Provided and/or discovered by: An anonymous person, reported via iDefense. Changelog: 2007-07-13: Added link to iDefense advisory. Original Advisory: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0520.html http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242903 iDefense: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=557

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