CVE-2008-1379

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-06-11
Bugzilla:
445414: CVE-2008-1379 X.org MIT-SHM extension arbitrary memory read

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the fbShmPutImage function in the MIT-SHM extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via crafted values for a Pixmap width and height.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1379 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (xorg-x11) RHSA-2008:0503 2008-06-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2008:0504 2008-06-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0512 2008-06-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0502 2008-06-11

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