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X.Org X11 setuid Security Issues
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21650
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Release Date:
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2006-08-29
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Last Update:
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2006-10-26
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Popularity:
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14,359 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | X Window System 11 (X11) 6.x
X Window System 11 (X11) 7.x
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Description:
Some security issues have been reported in X.Org X11, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issues are caused due to missing checks whether the setuid() or similar calls have succeeded. This can be exploited to perform certain actions with root privileges if the calls fail due to e.g. resource limits.
The security issues has been reported in versions 6.7.0 through 7.1.0. Other versions may also be affected.
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