Gentoo: GLSA-200803-05 High: SplitVT Privilege Escalation
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March 3, 2008
A vulnerability in SplitVT may allow local users to gain escalated privileges.
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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 ...Read the Full Advisory
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