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Gentoo: GLSA 201405-26 High: X2Go Server Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2014
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X2Go Server local privilege escalation vulnerability in Gentoo Linux advisory GLSA 201405-27. Discover the fix and gain further insights.
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in X2Go Server.

Summary

X2Go Server is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation local attack x2go server

Resolution

All X2Go Server users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/x2goserver-4.0.1.12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7383 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7383

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-26
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: X2Go Server: Privilege Escalation
Date: May 19, 2014
Bugs: #497260
ID: 201405-26

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in X2Go Server.

Background

X2Go is an open source terminal server project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/x2goserver >= 4.0.1.12 >= 4.0.1.12

Impact

===== A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.