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rxvt-unicode X11 Display Security Issue

Secunia Advisory: SA30224  
Release Date: 2008-05-13

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

Software:rxvt-unicode 9.x

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
A security issue has been reported in rxvt-unicode, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA29576

The security issue is reported in version 9.02. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Do not run rxvt-unicode on untrusted systems.

Restrict local access to trusted users only.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported by Bernhard R. Link in rxvt. Identified in rxvt-unicode by the Gentoo Linux Security Team.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml

Other References:
SA29576:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29576/



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