Debian Linux 4.0 and prior [High]

By Security Team on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 in Security Notifications | Related Software Packages:

Affects:

  • Debian Linux 4.0 and prior [High]

Description

misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-0162
Severity: High

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