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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-26 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: High |
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Title: X2Go Server: Privilege Escalation |
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Date: May 19, 2014 |
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Bugs: #497260 |
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ID: 201405-26 |
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Synopsis |
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A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in X2Go |
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Background |
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X2Go is an open source terminal server project. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-misc/x2goserver >= 4.0.1.12 >= 4.0.1.12 |
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Description |
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X2Go Server is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could gain escalated privileges. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All X2Go Server users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/x2goserver-4.0.1.12" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7383 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7383 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-26.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |