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Debian Security Advisory DSA 462-1 (xitalk)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xitalk announced via advisory DSA 462-1.
Insight
Insight
Steve Kemp from the GNU/Linux audit project discovered a problem in xitalk, a talk intercept utility for the X Window System. A local user can exploit this problem and execute arbitrary commands under the GID utmp. This could be used by an attacker to remove traces from the utmp file. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.11-9.1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your xitalk package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20462-1