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Debian: DSA-5233-1 e17 Security Update Critical: Local Elevation Risk

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Calendar Grey September 21, 2022
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The latest security notice from Debian addresses potential input flaws within the e17 graphical interface, which could lead to unauthorized privilege increases locally.
Maher Azzouzi discovered that missing input sanitising in the Enlightenment window manager may result in local privilege escalation to root
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Summary

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.24.2-8+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your e17 packages.

For the detailed security status of e17 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/e17

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: e17
CVE ID: CVE-2022-37706

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