CVE-2008-0162

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200803-5

Posted Mar 3, 2008

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-05 - Mike Ashton reported that SplitVT does not drop group privileges before executing the xprop utility. Versions less than 1.6.6-r1 are affected.

tags | advisory

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2008-0162

SHA-256 | d61793bfc1c08419410d775bbe795a39278259b310241083127b6f6a2ccabd2e

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Debian Linux Security Advisory 1500-1

Posted Feb 22, 2008

Authored by Debian | Site debian.org

Debian Security Advisory 1500-1 - Mike Ashton discovered that splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing 'xprop'. This could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp.

tags | advisory, local

systems | linux, debian

advisories | CVE-2008-0162

SHA-256 | 114ea5757e00b541b0d215690282a991b4b37f238ae60441cafb8b9abd16b2c9

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