CVE-2007-4990

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2007-10-02
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
322961: CVE-2007-4990 xfs heap overflow in the swap_char2b function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The swap_char2b function in X.Org X Font Server (xfs) before 1.0.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) QueryXBitmaps and (2) QueryXExtents protocol requests with crafted size values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap corruption.

Find out more about CVE-2007-4990 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0029 2008-01-18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (xorg-x11) RHSA-2008:0030 2008-01-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0029 2008-01-18

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xorg-x11-xfs Will not fix

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