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HistoryMar 21, 2006 - 10:47 a.m.

local privilege escalation in xorg-x11-server

2006-03-2110:47:06
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16

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.8%

A programming flaw in the X.Org X Server allows local attackers to gain root access when the server is setuid root, as is the default in SUSE Linux 10.0. This flaw was spotted by the Coverity project.

Solution

There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.