Recent vulnerabilities in xorg-server

Thu Jan 11 07:56:25 UTC 2007

Remko, good day!

> 	    Thanks for the notification! We are kinda busy at the
> 	    moment, so if you could spare a minute and write a
> 	    VuXML entry (a draft would also suffice), we can
> 	    more easily add it. If you are unable to do so, no
> 	    probs, but it is likely to take a bit longer to
> 	    get the things incorporated.
Attached. The discovery date is given by the date of the
original posts in Securityfocus bugtraq list:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456437/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456434/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456434/30/0/threaded

The disclosure timeline is different (the same for all three posts):
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VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE

12/04/2006 Initial vendor notification
12/05/2006 Initial vendor response
01/09/2007 Coordinated public disclosure
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> 	    Thanks for using FreeBSD and your willingness to improve
> 	    the product! It is being appriciated.
You're welcome ;))
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  <vuln vid="yet-unknown">
    <topic>xorg-server -- multiple vulnerabilities.</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
        <name>xorg-server</name>
        <range><le>6.9.0_5</le></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <blockquote cite="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R6.9.0/patches/index.html">
        <h1>x11r6.9.0-dbe-render.diff</h1>
	<p>CVE-2006-6101 CVE-2006-6102 CVE-2006-6103: The
	ProcDbeGetVisualInfo(), ProcDbeSwapBuffer() and
	ProcRenderAddGlyphs() functions in the X server, implementing
	requests for the dbe and render extensions, may be used to
	overwrite data on the stack or in other parts of the X
	server memory.</p>
        <h1>x11r6.9.0-cidfonts.diff</h1>
	<p>CVE-2006-2006-3739 and CVE 2006-3740: It may be possible
	for a user with the ability to set the X server font path,
	by making it point to a malicious font, to cause arbitrary
	code execution or denial of service on the X server.</p>
        </blockquote>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <freebsdpr>ports/107733</freebsdpr>
      <cvename>CVE-2006-3739</cvename>
      <cvename>CVE-2006-3740</cvename>
      <cvename>CVE-2006-6101</cvename>
      <cvename>CVE-2006-6102</cvename>
      <cvename>CVE-2006-6103</cvename>
      <url>http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R6.9.0/patches/index.html</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2007-01-09</discovery>
      <entry>2007-01-11</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>