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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-03 (aterm eterm rxvt mrxvt multi-aterm wterm rxvt-unicode)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.9

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200805-03.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability was found in aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, RXVT, rxvt-unicode, and wterm, allowing for local privilege escalation.

Solution

Solution

All aterm users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/aterm-1.0.1-r1' All Eterm users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4-r1' All Mrxvt users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/mrxvt-0.5.3-r2' All multi-aterm users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/multi-aterm-0.2.1-r1' All RXVT users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/rxvt-2.7.10-r4' All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.02-r1' All wterm users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/wterm-6.2.9-r3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200805-03 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216833 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217819 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219746 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219750 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219754 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219760 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219762

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