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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201201-16 (xkeyboard-config xorg-server)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 201201-16.

Insight

Insight

A debugging functionality in the X.Org X Server that is bound to a hotkey by default can be used by local attackers to circumvent screen locking utilities.

Solution

Solution

All xkeyboard-config users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.4.1-r3' NOTE: The X.Org X Server 1.11 was only stable on the AMD64, ARM, HPPA, and x86 architectures. Users of the stable branches of all other architectures are not affected and will be directly provided with a fixed X Keyboard Configuration Database version.

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