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Gentoo: GLSA-200512-18 Normal: XnView Privilege Escalation Details

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Calendar Grey December 30, 2005
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Privilege escalation flaws in XnView on Gentoo Linux can lead to serious security risks, compromising user data, privacy, and system integrity by unauthorized access.
XnView may search for shared libraries in an untrusted location, potentially allowing local users to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of another user

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200512-18 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: XnView: Privilege escalation Date: December 30, 2005 Bugs: #117063 ID: 200512-18

Synopsis ======= XnView may search for shared libraries in an untrusted location, potentially allowing local users to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of another user.
Background ========= XnView is an efficient multimedia viewer, browser and converter, distributed free for non-commercial use.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-misc/xnview < 1.70-r1 >= 1.70-r1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- # Package 1...

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security advisory gentoo software update privilege escalation arbitrary code execution normal severity x11-misc/xnview

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security advisory gentoo software update privilege escalation arbitrary code execution normal severity x11-misc/xnview

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