Bug 233001

Summary:	CVE-2007-1003 xserver XC-MISC integer overflow
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	xorg-x11-server	Assignee:	Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.0	CC:	kem, security-response-team
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=important,reported=20070216,embargo=20070403,source=vendorsec
Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2007-0127	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2007-03-19 20:18:06 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #233000 +++

Sean Larsson, iDefense Labs, discovered an integer overflow flaw in the XC-MISC
extension.  This overflow could allow a local user to gain root privileges.

-- Additional comment from bressers on 2007-03-19 16:10 EST --
Created an attachment (id=150431)
Poposed upstream patch

Comment 3 Josh Bressers 2007-04-03 16:47:27 UTC

Lifting embargo

Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-04-03 18:43:55 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0127.html