Synopsis: Moderate: xorg-x11-server-utils security update
Issue date: 2011-04-11
CVE Names: CVE-2011-0465
A flaw was found in the X.Org X server resource database utility, xrdb.
Certain variables were not properly sanitized during the launch of a
user's graphical session, which could possibly allow a remote attacker
to execute arbitrary code with root privileges, if they were able to
make the display manager execute xrdb with a specially-crafted X client
hostname. For example, by configuring the hostname on the target system
via a crafted DHCP reply, or by using the X Display Manager Control
Protocol (XDMCP) to connect to that system from a host that has a
special DNS name. (CVE-2011-0465)
All running X.Org server instances must be restarted for this update to
take effect.
SL 5.x
SRPMS:
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.1-5.el5_6.1.src.rpm
i386:
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.1-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.1-5.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
SL 6.x
SRPMS:
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-15.el6_0.1.src.rpm
i386:
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-15.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
x86_64:
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-15.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson