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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4730

Original release date:09/11/2007
Last revised:02/05/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server before 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.1
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/26/2007)
This flaw was fixed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in RHSA-2007-0898: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0898.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not affected by this flaw. More information can be found here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285991 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 do not support the composite extension and are not vulnerable to this flaw.

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External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1372
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1372
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26755
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26755
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26743
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26743
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0187
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0187
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 37726
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/37726
External Source: MLIST
Name: [xorg-announce] 20070906 xorg-server 1.4
Hyperlink:http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000378.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7447
Hyperlink:http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7447
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1728
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1728
External Source: XF
Name: xorg-composite-bo(36535)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36535
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-514-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-514-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018665
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018665
External Source: BID
Name: 25606
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25606
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0898
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0898.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:054
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_54_xorg.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:022
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:178
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:178
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-07
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-394.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-394.htm
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200710-16
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-16.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30161
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27228
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27228
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27179
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27179
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27147
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27147
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26897
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26897
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26859
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26859
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26823
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26823
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26763
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26763
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191964
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191964

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:x.org:xorg-server:1.01
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:x.org:xorg-server:1.02
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:x.org:xorg-server:1.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:x.org:xorg-server:1.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:x.org:xorg-server:1.3
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4730