Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
X.Org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.
An incorrect calculation flaw was discovered in the X.Org Render extension.
A malicious, authorized client could exploit this issue to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
(CVE-2010-1166)
Users of xorg-x11-server should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running X.Org server instances must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Affected
xorg-x11-server-sdk on CentOS 5
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-1166 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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