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Red Hat update for XFree86
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9116
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Release Date:
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2003-06-26
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Last Update:
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2003-07-02
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Popularity:
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8,146 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Red Hat Linux 7.1
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for XFree86, which fixes various security issues.
Insecure permissions on "/dev/dri" has been fixed.
The "LD_PRELOAD" environment variable privilege escalation vulnerability has been fixed (it is referenced with CAN/CVE number, but has not been described by Red Hat. This only affects 7.3 and 8.0).
A vulnerability allowing users to read and write arbitrary shared memory has been fixed.
A vulnerability allowing malicious people to connect the to the X server if "authComplain" is false and the xdm auth directory doesn't exist has been fixed (this only affects 7.1, 7.2 and Enterprise Linux 2.1).
Escape sequences in Xterm could be used to manipulate the user. For more information see:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8146/
The update also provides bug fixes and updated drivers. See original advisory for details.
Change Page:
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