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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200806-07">
+ <title>X.Org X server: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the X.Org X server,
+ possibly allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code with root
+ privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">xorg-server</product>
+ <announced>2008-06-19</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-06-19</revised>
+ <bug>225419</bug>
+ <access>remote, local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="x11-base/xorg-server" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.3.0.0-r6</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.0.0-r6</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ The X Window System is a graphical windowing system based on a
+ client/server model.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Regenrecht reported multiple vulnerabilities in various X server
+ extensions via iDefense:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>The
+ SProcSecurityGenerateAuthorization() and SProcRecordCreateContext()
+ functions of the RECORD and Security extensions are lacking proper
+ parameter validation (CVE-2008-1377).</li>
+ <li>An integer overflow is
+ possible in the function ShmPutImage() of the MIT-SHM extension
+ (CVE-2008-1379).</li>
+ <li>The RENDER extension contains several
+ possible integer overflows in the AllocateGlyph() function
+ (CVE-2008-2360) which could possibly lead to a heap-based buffer
+ overflow. Further possible integer overflows have been found in the
+ ProcRenderCreateCursor() function (CVE-2008-2361) as well as in the
+ SProcRenderCreateLinearGradient(), SProcRenderCreateRadialGradient()
+ and SProcRenderCreateConicalGradient() functions (CVE-2008-2362).</li>
+ </ul>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could possibly lead to the remote
+ execution of arbitrary code with root privileges, if the server is
+ running as root, which is the default. It is also possible to crash the
+ server by making use of these vulnerabilities.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ It is possible to avoid these vulnerabilities by disabling the affected
+ server extensions. Therefore edit the configuration file
+ (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) to contain the following in the appropriate
+ places:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ Section "Extensions"
+ Option "MIT-SHM" "disable"
+ Option "RENDER" "disable"
+ Option "SECURITY" "disable"
+ EndSection
+
+ Section "Module"
+ Disable "record"
+ EndSection</code>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All X.org X Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1377">CVE-2008-1377</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1379">CVE-2008-1379</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2360">CVE-2008-2360</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2361">CVE-2008-2361</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2362">CVE-2008-2362</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-06-11T10:16:02Z">
+ vorlon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-06-16T08:09:32Z">
+ vorlon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>