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Red Hat update for XFree86 Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA28542  
Release Date: 2008-01-18

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: Local system
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


CVE reference:CVE-2007-4568 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4990 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-5958 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-6427 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-6428 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-6429 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0006 (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 cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, or gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA27060
SA28532

Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html

Other References:
SA27060:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27060/

SA28532:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532/



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