XFree86 Direct Rendering Infrastructure Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:9701

Info

XFree86 Direct Rendering Infrastructure Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 9701
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 20 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 20 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Announced in a Debian advisory.
Vulnerable: XFree86 X11R6 4.3 .0
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Redhat Fedora Core1
 + Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Slackware Linux 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux -current
 + Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 XFree86 X11R6 4.2.1 Errata
XFree86 X11R6 4.2.1
+ Immunix Immunix OS 7.3
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Redhat Linux 7.3
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
XFree86 X11R6 4.2 .0
+ Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition 1.0
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
XFree86 X11R6 4.1 .0
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
XFree86 X11R6 4.1 -12
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
XFree86 X11R6 4.1 -11
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

XFree86 Direct Rendering Infrastructure Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

XFree86 is prone to a denial of service condition. X server clients using the GLX extension and Direct Rendering Infrastructure may cause a denial of service on the server due to insufficient bounds checking.

Exploit / POC

XFree86 Direct Rendering Infrastructure Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

XFree86 Direct Rendering Infrastructure Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Debian has released an advisory (DSA 443-1) and fixes to address this issue. See the referenced advisory for fix information.

Conectiva has released advisory CLSA-2004:824 and fixes for their Enterprise Linux distribution.

Redhat Linux has released advisory RHSA-2004:152-04 dealing with this issue for their enterprise distribution. Please see the referenced web advisory for more information and details on obtaining the updated packages.

Silicon Graphics has released advisory 20040406-01-U dealing with this issue as well as others. Please see the referenced advisory for more information and details on obtaining fixes.


XFree86 X11R6 4.1 .0

XFree86 X11R6 4.2 .0

References

XFree86 Direct Rendering Infrastructure Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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