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Eterm X11 Display Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29577
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Release Date:
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2008-03-31
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Last Update:
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2008-06-12
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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: | Eterm 0.9.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1692 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in Eterm, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA29576
The security issue is reported in version 0.9.4. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.9.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a Debian bug report by Bernhard R. Link.
Changelog:
2008-04-10: Updated CVE reference.
2008-05-13: Updated "Solution" section.
2008-06-12: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=606252
Other References:
SA29576:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29576/
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