Executive Summary

Summary
Title xorg-x11 security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2005:198 First vendor Publication 2005-06-08
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2005-06-08
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated xorg-x11 packages that fix a security issue as well as various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, x86_64

3. Problem description:

X.Org X11 is the X Window System which provides the core functionality of the Linux GUI desktop.

An integer overflow flaw was found in libXpm, which is used by some applications for loading of XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libXpm to execute arbitrary code when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0605 to this issue.

Since the initial release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, a number of issues have been addressed in the X.Org X11 X Window System. This erratum also updates X11R6.8 to the latest stable point release (6.8.2), which includes various stability and reliability fixes including (but not limited to) the following:

- - The 'radeon' driver has been modified to disable "RENDER" acceleration
by default, due to a bug in the implementation which has not yet
been isolated. This can be manually re-enabled by using the
following option in the device section of the X server config file:

Option "RenderAccel"

- - The 'vmware' video driver is now available on 64-bit AMD64 and
compatible systems.

- - The Intel 'i810' video driver is now available on 64-bit EM64T
systems.

- - Stability fixes in the X Server's PCI handling layer for 64-bit systems,
which resolve some issues reported by "vesa" and "nv" driver users.

- - Support for Hewlett Packard's Itanium ZX2 chipset.

- - Nvidia "nv" video driver update provides support for some of
the newer Nvidia chipsets, as well as many stability and reliability
fixes.

- - Intel i810 video driver stability update, which fixes the widely
reported i810/i815 screen refresh issues many have experienced.

- - Packaging fixes for multilib systems, which permit both 32-bit
and 64-bit X11 development environments to be simultaneously installed
without file conflicts.

In addition to the above highlights, the X.Org X11 6.8.2 release has a large number of additional stability fixes which resolve various other issues reported since the initial release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

All users of X11 should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

136941 - font corruption on openoffice.org menus 143910 - X is unusable on GeForce 6600GT with nForce4 150036 - CAN-2005-0605 XPM buffer overflow 157962 - xorg-x11-6.8.1-23 missing half of Lucida fonts

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-198.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10411
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10411
Title: scan.c for LibXPM may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative bitmap_unit value that leads to a buffer overflow.
Description: scan.c for LibXPM may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative bitmap_unit value that leads to a buffer overflow.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-0605
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Application 3
Application 19
Os 2
Os 6
Os 4
Os 6
Os 2
Os 2
Os 36

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-02-03 Name : Solaris Update for CDE 1.6 119280-22
File : nvt/gb_solaris_119280_22.nasl
2010-02-03 Name : Solaris Update for Runtime library for Solaris 10 119281-22
File : nvt/gb_solaris_119281_22.nasl
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for XFree86-libs
File : nvt/sles9p5016773.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-08 (openmotif)
File : nvt/glsa_200503_08.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-15 (X.org)
File : nvt/glsa_200503_15.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 723-1 (xfree86)
File : nvt/deb_723_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
14373 libXpm XPM Image GetImagePixels() / PutImagePixels() Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2010-01-10 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0524.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-10 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0261.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-331.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-97-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-92-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-12 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-273.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-08-18 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2005-007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-06-10 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-473.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-19 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-272.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-12 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-11 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-081.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-723.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-02 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-080.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-04-07 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-03-30 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-331.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-03-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200503-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-03-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200503-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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