---------------------------------------------------------------------- To improve our services to our customers, we have made a number of additions to the Secunia Advisories and have started translating the advisories to German. The improvements will help our customers to get a better understanding of how we reached our conclusions, how it was rated, our thoughts on exploitation, attack vectors, and scenarios. This includes: * Reason for rating * Extended description * Extended solution * Exploit code or links to exploit code * Deep links Read the full description: http://corporate.secunia.com/products/48/?r=l Contact Secunia Sales for more information: http://corporate.secunia.com/how_to_buy/15/?r=l ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: FVWM "evalFolderLine()" Local Command Injection SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA22961 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/22961/ CRITICAL: Not critical IMPACT: Security Bypass WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: FVWM 2.x http://secunia.com/product/12702/ DESCRIPTION: Tavis Ormandy has reported a security issue in FVWM, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions. The security issue is caused due to an input validation error in the "evalFolderLine()" function. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into using the "fvwm-menu-directory" command on a specially crafted directory. SOLUTION: Fixed in CVS. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Tavis Ormandy, Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------