DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0745

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

CVE-2006-0745

The CVE concerns the X.Org X Server (xorg-server) 1.0.0 and later (X11R6.9.0, X11R7.0) where a faulty check tests the address of geteuid instead of the function result, allowing a local user to bypass restrictions and perform a Local Privilege Escalation. Impact described across sources: an unpri...

CVE-2006-0745: Undefined Security Weakness

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

xorg-server -- privilege escalation

Daniel Stone of X.Org reports: During the analysis of results from the Coverity code review of X.Org, we discovered a flaw in the server that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges, or cause a denial of service by overwriting files on the system, again with root...