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Gentoo: GLSA-200803-05 High: SplitVT Privilege Escalation

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Local users may be able to exploit SplitVT in Gentoo to gain elevated privileges. It's advisable for users to update promptly.
A vulnerability in SplitVT may allow local users to gain escalated privileges.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-05
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: High
     Title: SplitVT: Privilege escalation
      Date: March 03, 2008
      Bugs: #211240
        ID: 200803-05


Synopsis
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A vulnerability in SplitVT may allow local users to gain escalated
privileges.

Background
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SplitVT is a program for splitting terminals into two shells.

Affected packages
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     Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
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  1  app-misc/splitvt     < 1.6.6-r1                       >= 1.6.6-r1

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Mike Ashton reported that SplitVT does not drop group privileges before
executing the xprop utility.

Impact
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to ...
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