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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 >> [DSA509] DSA-509-1 gatos Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA509] DSA-509-1 gatos |
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DSA-509-1 gatos Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Steve Kemp discovered a vulnerability in xatitv, one of the programs in the gatos package, which is used to display video with certain ATI video cards. xatitv is installed setuid root in order to gain direct access to the video hardware. It normally drops root rights after successfully initializing itself. However, if initialization fails due to a missing configuration file, root rights are not dropped, and xatitv executes the system(3) function to launch its configuration program without sanitizing user-supplied environment variables. By exploiting this vulnerability, a local user could gain root rights if the configuration file does not exist. However, a default configuration file is supplied with the package, and so this vulnerability is not exploitable unless this file is removed by the administrator. For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.5-6woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your gatos package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-509 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 10437 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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