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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-25 (xorg-x11,xorg-server,xtrans,xload,xinit,xterm,xf86dga,xdm,libX11)
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 updates announced in advisory GLSA 200608-25.
Insight
Insight
X.org, libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm are vulnerable to local privilege escalations because of unchecked setuid() calls.
Solution
Solution
All X.Org xdm users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-apps/xdm-1.0.4-r1' All X.Org xinit users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-apps/xinit-1.0.2-r6' All X.Org xload users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-apps/xload-1.0.1-r1' All X.Org xf86dga users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-apps/xf86dga-1.0.1-r1' All X.Org users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9.0-r2' All X.Org X servers users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.0-r1' All X.Org X11 library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/libx11-1.0.1-r1' All X.Org xtrans library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/xtrans-1.0.1-r1' All xterm users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/xterm-215' All users of the X11R6 libraries for emulation of 32bit x86 on amd64 should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs-7.0-r2' Please note that the fixed packages have been available for most architectures since June 30th but the GLSA release was held up waiting for the remaining architectures. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200608-25 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135974 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-June/016146.html