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reply.length & reply.size are CARD32s and need to be bounds checked before multiplying or adding to come up with the total size to allocate, to avoid integer overflow leading to underallocation and writing data from the network past the end of the allocated buffer. Reported-by: Ilja Van Sprundel <ivansprundel@ioactive.com> Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
X Server
The X server accepts requests from client applications to create windows,
which are (normally rectangular) "virtual screens" that the client program
can draw into.
Windows are then composed on the actual screen by the X server
(or by a separate composite manager) as directed by the window manager,
which usually communicates with the user via graphical controls such as buttons
and draggable titlebars and borders.
For a comprehensive overview of X Server and X Window System, consult the
following article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_server
All questions regarding this software should be directed at the
Xorg mailing list:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Please submit bug reports to the Xorg bugzilla:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
The master development code repository can be found at:
git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/xserver
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver
For patch submission instructions, see:
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
For more information on the git code manager, see:
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage