Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-25 (xorg-x11,xorg-server,xtrans,xload,xinit,xterm,xf86dga,xdm,libX11)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200608-25. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200608-25 : X.org and some X.org libraries: Local privilege escalations

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-25 X.org and some X.org libraries: Local privilege escalations Several X.org libraries and X.org itself contain system calls to setuid functions, without checking their result. Impact : Local users could deliberately exceed...