9.3 - CVE-2007-6429

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Informations
Name	CVE-2007-6429	First vendor Publication	2008-01-18
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2024-11-21

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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	9.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Multiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6429

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
50 %	CWE-362	Race Condition
50 %	CWE-189	Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11045

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11045
Title:	Multiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.
Description:	Multiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2007-6429	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3 RHEL3 or CentOS3 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AND CentOS Linux 3.x AND Configuration section XFree86-cyrillic-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-Xvfb is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-libs is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-75dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-truetype-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-twm is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-libs-data is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-doc is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-base-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-100dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-font-utils is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-Mesa-libGL is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-xdm is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-sdk is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86 is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-Xnest is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-xfs is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-tools is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-syriac-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-xauth is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-Mesa-libGLU is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL AND XFree86-devel is earlier than 0:4.3.0-126.EL OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section xorg-x11-doc is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-libs is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-xauth is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-twm is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-Xdmx is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-xfs is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-devel is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-Xvfb is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-deprecated-libs is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-sdk is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-xdm is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-Xnest is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11 is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-font-utils is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 AND xorg-x11-tools is earlier than 0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2 OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section xorg-x11-server-sdk is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xnest is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xvfb is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xdmx is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xephyr is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xorg is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19332

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19332
Title:	HP-UX Running Xserver, Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code
Description:	Multiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2007-6429	Version:	13
Platform(s):	HP-UX 11	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Criteria meets HP Security Bulletin HPSBUX02381 HP-UX B.11.31 AND Xserver.X11-SERV is installed AND NOT Patch PHSS_38840 is installed OR Criteria meets HP Security Bulletin HPSBUX02381 HP Release B.11.23 AND filesets tests URL: is installed AND Xserver.X11-SERV is installed AND NOT Patch PHSS_37972 is installed OR Criteria meets HP Security Bulletin HPSBUX02381 HP Release B.11.11 AND filesets tests URL: is installed AND Xserver.X11-SERV is installed AND NOT Patch PHSS_34392 is installed

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20793

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20793
Title:	Multiple vulnerabilities in the X server
Description:	Multiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2007-6429	Version:	4
Platform(s):	IBM AIX 6.1 IBM AIX 7.1	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
platforms IBM AIX 6.1 is installed AND IBM AIX 7.1 is installed AND filesets File Version Exists X11.base.rte greater than or equal 6.1.4.0 AND X11.base.rte less than or equal 6.1.4.3 OR File Version Exists X11.base.rte greater than or equal 6.1.5.0 AND X11.base.rte less than or equal 6.1.5.1 OR File Version Exists X11.base.rte greater than or equal 6.1.6.0 AND X11.base.rte less than or equal 6.1.6.16 OR File Version Exists X11.base.rte greater than or equal 6.1.7.0 AND X11.base.rte less than or equal 6.1.7.0 OR File Version Exists X11.base.rte greater than or equal 7.1.0.0 AND X11.base.rte less than or equal 7.1.0.15 OR File Version Exists X11.base.rte greater than or equal 7.1.1.0 AND X11.base.rte less than or equal 7.1.1.0

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22333

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22333
Title:	ELSA-2008:0031: xorg-x11-server security update (Important)
Description:	Multiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2008:0031-02 CVE-2007-5760 CVE-2007-5958 CVE-2007-6427 CVE-2007-6428 CVE-2007-6429	Version:	25
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	xorg-x11-server
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test xorg-x11-server-Xorg is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xdmx is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xephyr is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xvfb is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-sdk is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 AND xorg-x11-server-Xnest is earlier than 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	X.Org Evi cpe:2.3:a:x.org:evi::::::::	1
Application	X.Org Mit-Shm cpe:2.3:a:x.org:mit-shm::::::::	1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
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/sles9p5020914.nasl
2009-10-10	Name : SLES9: Security update for XFree86-Xnest File : nvt/sles9p5012483.nasl
2009-05-05	Name : HP-UX Update for Xserver HPSBUX02381 File : nvt/gb_hp_ux_HPSBUX02381.nasl
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for x11-server-xgl MDVSA-2008:025 (x11-server-xgl) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_025.nasl
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for x11-server MDVSA-2008:023 (x11-server) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_023.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for xorg-server regression USN-571-2 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_571_2.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for libxfont, xorg-server vulnerabilities USN-571-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_571_1.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for XFree86 RHSA-2008:0029-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0029-01_XFree86.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for xorg-x11 RHSA-2008:0030-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0030-01_xorg-x11.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for xorg-x11-server RHSA-2008:0031-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0031-01_xorg-x11-server.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for xorg-x11 CESA-2008:0030 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0030_xorg-x11_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for XFree86 CESA-2008:0029-01 centos2 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0029-01_XFree86_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for XFree86-100dpi-fonts CESA-2008:0029 centos3 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0029_XFree86-100dpi-fonts_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for xorg-x11 CESA-2008:0030 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0030_xorg-x11_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for XFree86-100dpi-fonts CESA-2008:0029 centos3 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0029_XFree86-100dpi-fonts_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for xorg-x11-server FEDORA-2008-0831 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_0831_xorg-x11-server_fc7.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for xorg-x11-server FEDORA-2008-0760 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_0760_xorg-x11-server_fc8.nasl
2009-01-23	Name : SuSE Update for Xorg and XFree SUSE-SA:2008:003 File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_003.nasl
2008-09-24	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200801-09 (xorg-server libXfont) File : nvt/glsa_200801_09.nasl
2008-09-24	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-05 (nx, nxnode) File : nvt/glsa_200804_05.nasl
2008-09-24	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-07 (ltsp) File : nvt/glsa_200805_07.nasl
2008-09-04	Name : FreeBSD Ports: xorg-server File : nvt/freebsd_xorg-server0.nasl
2008-01-31	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1466-2 (xorg-server, libxfont, xfree86) File : nvt/deb_1466_2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
40940	X.Org Xserver MIT-SHM Extension Crafted Request Arbitrary Code Execution
40939	X.Org Xserver Crafted GetVisualInfo Request Arbitrary Code Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20080118_XFree86_on_SL3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20080117_xorg_x11_server_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20080117_xorg_x11_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24	Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_12043.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24	Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_12040.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-023.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-025.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-11	Name : The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch. File : hpux_PHSS_34392.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-11	Name : The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch. File : hpux_PHSS_37972.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-11	Name : The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch. File : hpux_PHSS_38840.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-11	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200805-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-11	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200804-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-04	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_xgl-5100.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-04	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_xgl-5099.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-19	Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2008-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-29	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_NX-4952.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-27	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1466.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-27	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-0760.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-27	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-0831.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-27	Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_fe2b6597c9a411dc8da80008a18a9961.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-21	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200801-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-21	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-21	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_xorg-x11-Xnest-4875.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-21	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_xorg-x11-libs-4860.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-21	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-571-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-18	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-18	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-18	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-18	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_xorg-x11-Xnest-4859.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-18	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-571-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-12	Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 125719-58 File : solaris10_125719.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-06	Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 118908-06 File : solaris9_x86_118908.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url

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Date	Informations
2024-11-28 23:15:17	Multiple Updates
2024-11-28 12:14:14	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:06:48	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:07:17	Multiple Updates
2020-05-24 01:04:08	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:20:54	Multiple Updates
2019-03-19 12:02:38	Multiple Updates
2018-10-16 00:19:22	Multiple Updates
2018-10-04 00:19:31	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:19	Multiple Updates
2017-08-08 09:23:46	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 16:54:01	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:42:56	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 10:44:20	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	2
Oval ID(s)	4
CPE ID(s)	2
Sources(s)	70
osvdb(s)	2
Openvas Exploit(s)	24
Nessus® Exploit(s)	37

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10	GLSA-200805-07
9.3	USN-571-2
9.3	USN-571-1
9.3	SUN-103200
9.3	RHSA-2008:0031
9.3	RHSA-2008:0030
9.3	RHSA-2008:0029
9.3	MDVSA-2008:025
9.3	MDVSA-2008:023
9.3	MDVSA-2008:022
9.3	MDVSA-2008:021
9.3	HPSBUX02381 SSR...
9.3	GLSA-200804-05
9.3	GLSA-200801-09
9.3	DSA-1466
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