Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for XFree86. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for XFree86
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24771
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24771/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation, DoS
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for XFree86. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious,
local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a
DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA24758
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0125.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24758
http://secunia.com/advisories/24758/
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