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. These xorg-x11 packages also provide the
X.Org libXfont runtime library.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libXfont library, used by
the X.Org server, handled malformed font files compressed using UNIX
compress. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to potentially
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server.
(CVE-2011-2895)
Users of xorg-x11 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 the update to take effect.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | any | s390x | xorg-x11-devel | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.69.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | any | ia64 | xorg-x11-xdmx | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-Xdmx-6.8.2-1.EL.69.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | any | i386 | xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.69.i386.rpm |
RedHat | any | s390 | xorg-x11-mesa-libgl | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.69.s390.rpm |
RedHat | any | ia64 | xorg-x11-libs | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.69.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | any | s390 | xorg-x11-devel | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.69.s390.rpm |
RedHat | any | s390x | xorg-x11-twm | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.69.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | any | i386 | xorg-x11-deprecated-libs | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.69.i386.rpm |
RedHat | any | x86_64 | xorg-x11-mesa-libgl | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.69.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | any | s390x | xorg-x11-font-utils | < 6.8.2-1.EL.69 | xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.69.s390x.rpm |