Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in Eterm, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Eterm X11 Display Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29577
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
Eterm 0.9.x
http://secunia.com/product/1135/
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. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not run Eterm on untrusted systems.
Restrict local access to trusted users only.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a Debian bug report by Bernhard R. Link.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29576:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29576/
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