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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA082] DSA-082-1 xvt Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA082] DSA-082-1 xvt |
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DSA-082-1 xvt Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Christophe Bailleux reported on bugtraq that Xvt is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in its argument handling. Since Xvt is installed setuid root, it was possible for a normal user to pass carefully-crafted arguments to xvt so that xvt executed a root shell. This problem has been fixed by the maintainer in version 2.1-13 of xvt for Debian unstable and 2.1-13.0potato.1 for the stable Debian GNU/Linux 2.2. We recommend that you upgrade your xvt package immediately. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-082 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 2964 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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