CVE-2008-1377

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-06-16

Description

The (1) SProcRecordCreateContext and (2) SProcRecordRegisterClients functions in the Record extension and the (3) SProcSecurityGenerateAuthorization function in the Security extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests with crafted length values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap corruption.

See more information about CVE-2008-1377 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	9	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (xorg-x11)	ELSA-2008-0503	2008-06-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (xorg-x11-server)	ELSA-2008-0504	2008-06-11

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