Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for xorg-x11. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for xorg-x11
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24745
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/24745/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation, DoS
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
https://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
https://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
https://secunia.com/product/4670/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for xorg-x11. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and
gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA24741
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
https://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0126.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24741
https://secunia.com/advisories/24741/
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