The purpose of this email is twofold: 1) to inform you of a reported vulnerability by a third party, not myself, involving one of your products, and 2) to obtain confirmation/clarification and knowledge of any measures taken to address this in the event it is viable. Below is the report (snipped): --- Begin report --- A denial of service exists in the X11 font server shipped with RedHat Linux 6.x. Due to improper input validation, it is possible for any user to crash the X fontserver. This will prevent the X server from functioning properly --- End report --- An explanation of my query - I work for Infrastructure Defense, Inc., which provides private publications to fortune 500 companies about information/computer security trends, vulnerabilities, etc. I strive to contact the appropriate parties whenever there is a question as to the veracity of a post, claim, other. Hence, my email to you. I hope to hear from you soon. Servio Medina - smedina Information Security Analyst www.idefense.com
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10877 ***