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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-6101 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the ProcRenderAddGlyphs function in the Render extension for X.Org 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7.0, and 7.1, and XFree86 X server, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted X protocol request that triggers memory corruption during processing of glyph management data structures.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-002.txt.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01075678 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=463 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-January/000235.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://osvdb.org/32084 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23633 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23670 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23684 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23689 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23698 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23705 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23758 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23789 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23966 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24168 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24210 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24247 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24401 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25802 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-25.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017495 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.393555 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102803-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-066.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-074.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_08_x.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21968 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-403-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0108 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0109 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0589 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0669 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2233 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31337 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-920 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10490 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1249 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6101
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.