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Gentoo: 200805-03 Normal: Local Escalation Risk In X11 Terminals

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A regional security vulnerability affects multiple X11 consoles on Gentoo Linux. Ensure to upgrade to the most recent iterations for protection.
A vulnerability was found in aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, RXVT, rxvt-unicode, and wterm, allowing for local privilege escalation.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Multiple X11 terminals: Local privilege escalation Date: May 07, 2008 Bugs: #216833, #217819, #219746, #219750, #219754, #219760, #219762 ID: 200805-03

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability was found in aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, RXVT, rxvt-unicode, and wterm, allowing for local privilege escalation.
Background ========= Aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, RXVT, rxvt-unicode, and wterm are X11 terminal emulators.
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