xorg vulnerability
Posted by Planet Malaysia on May 4, 2006
Recently X.ORG server vulnerability has been reported in [tag]X11[/tag], which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a [tag]vulnerable[/tag] system.
Immediately the next day Ubuntu [tag]Linux[/tag] release a patch for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) and [tag]Ubuntu[/tag] 5.10 (Breezy Badger).
Hmm this is super dammFAST.
These security patch release on the same time with Red Hat OS for [tag]RedHat[/tag] Enterprise Linux AS 4, RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4 and RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4 which have to paid.
According to Secunia there are only 2 Linux OS release the patch so far.
Anyway, I’m just finished updated my laptop Ubuntu Linux 5.10 x.org vulnerability.
You’re advise to update your x.org vulnerability immediately.
You can check more details as below:
- Red Hat xorg-x11 security update
- X.Org X11 Render Extension Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Ubuntu update for xserver-xorg
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-280-1
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