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TITLE:
FreeNX X Server Authentication Bypass Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14402

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14402/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
FreeNX 0.2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4719/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in FreeNX, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is that the authority file is not used allowing anyone on
the local system to access the X server.

Two possible security problems related to an incorrectly set umask
have also been reported.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.2.8:
http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/nx/freenx-0.2.8.tar.gz

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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