FreeBSD : x11/cde -- Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession (848bdd06-f93a-11eb-9f7d-206a8a720317)

Marco Ivaldi marco.ivaldi mediaservice net reports : A buffer overflow in the CheckMonitor function in the Common Desktop Environment 2.3.1 and earlier and 1.6 and earlier, as distributed with Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Update 11 and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long...

Common Desktop Environment 2.3.1 Buffer Overflow Exploit

A buffer overflow in the CheckMonitor function in the Common Desktop Environment 2.3.1 and earlier and 1.6 and earlier, as distributed with Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Update 11 and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long palette name passed to dtsession in a malicious .Xdefault...