| Name | CVE-2007-2437 |
| Description | The X render (Xrender) extension in X.org X Window System 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2, with Xserver 1.3.0 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted values to the (1) XRenderCompositeTrapezoids and (2) XRenderAddTraps functions, which trigger a divide-by-zero error. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 422936 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:21.1.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xorg-server | source | (unstable) | 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4 | unimportant | | 422936 |
Notes
etch vulnerable (patch below applies)
git url to fix the issue
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/xserver.git;a=commitdiff;h=71fc5b3e9309182978ead676965d65ca93a4e3b9
Not considered a security problem, only exploitable by authenticated users
If an attacker convinces such a user to run his exploit code blindly she could
just as well provide a binary which does more harm