CVE-2006-4447 | BDVDB-2026-18901 Detail
Description#
X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm, does not check the return values for setuid and seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail, such as by exceeding a ulimit.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21660
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:160
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-June/016146.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300368
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3409
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21693
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22332
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-25.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25059
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25032
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.