[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] X.Org security advisory: Buffer overflow in the Xrender extension

[From: Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 05:23:56PM +0100, ext Antonio Orlando wrote:
> Is the 770 affected by the X security issue [1]?

Yes.

> If yes, does the new firmware update fix it?

No.

> If not, will it be fixed?

No plans at present, but it may (I hadn't thought about this, to be
honest).

> If not, can it be a real problem for 770 users?

Not particularly; it's a local root exploit.  You can get local root by
enabling R&D mode and running 'sudo gainroot', too.

Cheers,
Daniel
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