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Gentoo update for aterm, eterm, rxvt, mrxvt, multi-aterm, wterm, and rxvt-unicode
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30229
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Release Date:
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2008-05-13
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Popularity:
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1,844 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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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1142
CVE-2008-1692
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for aterm, eterm, rxvt, mrxvt, multi-aterm, wterm, and rxvt-unicode. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA29576
SA29577
SA30224
SA30225
SA30226
SA30227
Solution:
Update to a fixed version.
aterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/aterm-1.0.1-r1" or later.
Eterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4-r1" or later.
Mrxvt users:
Update to "x11-terms/mrxvt-0.5.3-r2" or later.
multi-aterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/multi-aterm-0.2.1-r1" or later.
RXVT users:
Update to "x11-terms/rxvt-2.7.10-r4" or later.
rxvt-unicde users:
Update to "x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.02-r1" or later.
wterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/wterm-6.2.9-r3" or later.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
Other References:
SA29576:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29576/
SA29577:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577/
SA30224:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30224/
SA30225:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30225/
SA30226:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30226/
SA30227:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30227/
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