Descripción: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2003:065.
XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System, which provides the graphical user interface, video drivers, etc. for Linux systems.
A number of security vulnerabilities have been found and fixed. In addition, various other bug fixes, driver updates, and other enhancements have been made.
Security fixes have been made available for Xterm, xdm, the MIT-SHM extension of the X server, and permissions of the /dev/dri directory.
Driver updates and other fixes:
Updates have been provided to the Rage128 (r128) video driver, ATI Radeon video driver (radeon), S3 Savage driver (savage).
A long-standing XFree86 bug has been fixed. This bug occurs when any form of system clock skew (such as NTP clock synchronization, APM suspend/resume cycling on laptops, daylight savings time changeover, or even manually setting the system clock forward or backward) could result in odd application behavior, mouse and keyboard lockups, or even an X server hang or crash.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain XFree86 version 4.1.0 with patches correcting these issues.
Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score: 10.0
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