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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-006 |
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PACKAGE : xfree |
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SUMMARY : Shared memory may be compromised by local XFree86 users |
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DATE : 2002-10-24 10:00 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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Roberto Zunino discovered a vulnerability in the MIT-SHM extension of |
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XFree86 prior to versions 4.2.1. The vulnerability allows a local |
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user who can run XFree86 to gain read/write access to any shared |
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memory segment in the system. Although the use of shared memory |
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segments to store trusted data is not a common practice, by |
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exploiting this vulnerability the attacker potentially can get and/or |
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change sensitive information. |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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x11-base/xfree-4.2.0-r12 and earlier update their systems |
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as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge xfree |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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