More X.Org Security Vulnerabilities Published, Date Back To X11R5

[johnc]

X.org: even its bugs are amazing.

[TheBlackCat]

Wayland and Weston will have more and dangerous bugs

And you conclude this based on...what, exactly?

[Nobu]

Yes, it has some vulnerabilities, but Wayland/Weston no? are perfect? LOL... Wayland and Weston will have more and dangerous bugs

Wayland is an API; if it has any bugs, it'll cause interoperability, portability, or compatibility problems--security problems, not so much.

Weston (and other Wayland implementations) will have bugs, but most software does. If you had security problems with Gnome, you still will, but with Wayland you won't have to worry about that other process (the X server) being a potential attack vector.

[oleid]

Yes, it has some vulnerabilities, but Wayland/Weston no? are perfect? LOL... Wayland and Weston will have more and dangerous bugs

You're funny!

[philipmorris]

Yes, it has some vulnerabilities, but Wayland/Weston no? are perfect? LOL... Wayland and Weston will have more and dangerous bugs

[oleid]

I used to run a ttf font server maybe 10 years ago to allow legacy apps to use ttf fonts... This bug should be fixed, of course, however is not as severe as the title and the abstract suggest.

[curaga]

Good thing everybody (read: only specialized thin client setups) runs the font server.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: More X.Org Security Vulnerabilities Published, Date Back To X11R5

There's been several high profile open-source security bugs uncovered recently from the well known OpenSSL heartbleed bug to an issue with the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, there's more to report today, but this time in the space of X.Org with multiple security issues that have been present going back to X11R5, which was released in 1991...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTY4OTA