Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2013-234
Advisory Release Date: 2013-10-23 15:21 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-16 21:44 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the X.Org server handled ImageText requests. A malicious, authorized client could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2013-4396)
Affected Packages:
xorg-x11-server
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xorg-x11-server to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-common-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.i686
noarch:
xorg-x11-server-source-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.noarch
src:
xorg-x11-server-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.src
x86_64:
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-common-1.13.0-11.18.amzn1.x86_64