Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for x11. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for x11
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16959
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16959/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 10.0
http://secunia.com/product/4368/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for x11. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA16790
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/x11-6.7.0-i486-5.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/x11-xnest-6.7.0-i486-5.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/x11-xprt-6.7.0-i486-5.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/x11-xvfb-6.7.0-i486-5.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.586951
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16790:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16790/
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