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TITLE:
X11 Pixmap Creation Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16790

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16790/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
X Window System 11 (X11) 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/3913/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in X11, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA16777

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has been fixed in the CVS repository.

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16777:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16777/

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