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Eterm X11 Display Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA29577
Release Date: 2008-03-31
Last Update: 2008-06-12
Popularity: 3,553 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Eterm 0.9.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1692


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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