XFree86 4.0 local buffer overflow FreeBSD has released updated packages that detail a local buffer overflow in XFree86 version 4.0. The vulnerability lets a local attacker gain root privileges. Updated FreeBSD packages: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/x11/ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/x11/ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-4-stable/x11/ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/x11/ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-5-current/x11/ Source: FreeBSD http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0037.html -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm@cupserv.org