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>> Redhat Security Update Fixes xorg-x11 Privilege Escalation Issues

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes xorg-x11 Privilege Escalation Issues
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1819
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1377 - CVE-2008-1379 - CVE-2008-2360 - CVE-2008-2361
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-06-13

Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in various Redhat products, which could be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information, cause a denial of service or gain elevated privileges. These issues are caused by errors in xorg-x11. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1803

Affected Products

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
http://rhn.redhat.com/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1819
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0503.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html

ChangeLog

2008-06-13 : Initial release

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