X.Org server security vulnerability

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X.Org server security vulnerability

by Peter Valchev-2 :: Rate this Message:

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A security vulnerability has been found in the X.Org server --
CVE-2006-1526. Clients authorized to connect to the X server are able to
crash it and to execute malicious code within the X server.

Patches for the respective releases:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.9/common/002_xorg.patch
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/007_xorg.patch
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/013_xorg.patch