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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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