Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Sean Larsson of iDefense Labs discovered several vulnerabilities in X.Org/XFree86:
Local exploitation of a memory corruption vulnerability in the 'ProcRenderAddGlyphs()' function in the X.Org and XFree86 X server could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the X server, typically root. (CVE-2006-6101)
Local exploitation of a memory corruption vulnerability in the 'ProcDbeGetVisualInfo()' function in the X.Org and XFree86 X server could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the X server, typically root. (CVE-2006-6102)
Local exploitation of a memory corruption vulnerability in the 'ProcDbeSwapBuffers()' function in the X.Org and XFree86 X server could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the X server, typically root. (CVE-2006-6103)
Updated packages are patched to address these issues.
Affected
xorg-x11 on Mandriva Linux 2007.0,
Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-6101, CVE-2006-6102, CVE-2006-6103 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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