CVE-2007-6427

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-01-17
Bugzilla:
413811: CVE-2007-6427 xorg / xfree86: memory corruption via XInput extension

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The XInput extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests related to byte swapping and heap corruption within multiple functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4990.

Find out more about CVE-2007-6427 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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 5 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2008:0031 2008-01-17
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

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