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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 >> [DSA310] DSA-310-1 xaos Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA310] DSA-310-1 xaos |
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DSA-310-1 xaos Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment XaoS, a program for displaying fractal images, is installed setuid root on certain architectures in order to use svgalib, which requires access to the video hardware. However, it is not designed for secure setuid execution, and can be exploited to gain root rights. In these updated packages, the setuid bit has been removed from the xaos binary. Users who require the svgalib functionality should grant these rights only to a trusted group. This vulnerability is exploitable in version 3.0-18 (potato) on i386 and alpha architectures, and in version 3.0-23 (woody) on the i386 architecture only. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0-23woody1. For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0-18potato1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1r-4. We recommend that you update your xaos package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-310 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 7838 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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