CVE-2006-4447
First published: Wed Aug 30 2006(Updated: )
X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm, does not check the return values for setuid and seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail, such as by exceeding a ulimit.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| X.org Emu-linux-x87-xlibs | =7.0_r1 | |
| X.org X11r6 | =6.7.0 | |
| X.org X11r6 | =6.8 | |
| X.org X11r6 | =6.8.1 | |
| X.org X11r6 | =6.8.2 | |
| X.org X11r7 | =1.0 | |
| X.org X11r7 | =1.0.1 | |
| X.org X11r7 | =1.0.2 | |
| X.org Xdm | =1.0.3 | |
| X.org Xf86dga | =1.0.0 | |
| X.org Xinit | =1.0.2_r5 | |
| X.org Xload | =1.0.0 | |
| X.Org X Server | =1.02_r5 | |
| X.org Xterm | =214 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-June/016146.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-25.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21650
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21660
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21693
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22332
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300368
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25059
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:160
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3409
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/type
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/source
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/x.org
- canonical/x.org emu-linux-x87-xlibs
- version/x.org emu-linux-x87-xlibs/7.0_r1
- canonical/x.org x11r6
- version/x.org x11r6/6.7.0
- version/x.org x11r6/6.8
- version/x.org x11r6/6.8.1
- version/x.org x11r6/6.8.2
- canonical/x.org x11r7
- version/x.org x11r7/1.0
- version/x.org x11r7/1.0.1
- version/x.org x11r7/1.0.2
- canonical/x.org xdm
- version/x.org xdm/1.0.3
- canonical/x.org xf86dga
- version/x.org xf86dga/1.0.0
- canonical/x.org xinit
- version/x.org xinit/1.0.2_r5
- canonical/x.org xload
- version/x.org xload/1.0.0
- canonical/x.org x server
- version/x.org x server/1.02_r5
- canonical/x.org xterm
- version/x.org xterm/214