S-123: xorg-x11-server Security Update

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S-123: xorg-x11-server Security Update

There are several security issues in xorg-x11-server: 1) two integer overflow flaws; 2) a memory corruption flaw; 3) an input validation flaw; 4) an information disclosure flaw; and 5) a flaw was found in the X.Org server's XC-SECURITY extension. The risk is MEDIUM. A malicious authorized client could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (crash), or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the X.Org server.

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libgdk-x11-2.0

libgdk-x11-2.0.3(3)					 Introduction to Library Functions				       libgdk-x11-2.0.3(3)

NAME

       libgdk-x11-2.0 - GTK+ Drawing Kit API

DESCRIPTION

       The  libgdk-x11-2.0  library  is  an  implementation of the GTK+ drawing kit for the X11 windowing system. It is used by GTK+ for low-level
       drawing operations. Most applications will not use GDK directly, but will use GTK+ components (see libgtk-x11-2.0(3)).

       To access the API documentation, you must install the developer version of the package.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.GTK+ Drawing Kit API shared library

       /usr/share/gtk-doc/html Location of developer documentation

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-base-libs  SUNWg-  |
       |			     |nome-base-libs-64 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       libgdk_pixbuf-2.0(3), gdk-pixbuf-csource(3), libglib-2.0(3), libgobject-2.0(3), libgtk-x11-2.0(3), X11(5)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    31 Aug 2004 					       libgdk-x11-2.0.3(3)

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