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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58691
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1372-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-1372-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-1372-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Aaron Plattner discovered a buffer overflow in the Composite extension of the X.org X server, which can lead to local privilege escalation.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.1-21etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'xorg-server' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4730
BugTraq ID: 25606
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25606
Debian Security Information: DSA-1372 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1372
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-16.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:178
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000378.html
http://osvdb.org/37726
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10430
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0898.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018665
http://secunia.com/advisories/26743
http://secunia.com/advisories/26755
http://secunia.com/advisories/26763
http://secunia.com/advisories/26823
http://secunia.com/advisories/26859
http://secunia.com/advisories/26897
http://secunia.com/advisories/27147
http://secunia.com/advisories/27179
http://secunia.com/advisories/27228
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:054 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_54_xorg.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-514-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3098
XForce ISS Database: xorg-composite-bo(36535)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36535
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