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Status published
High
CVE-2006-4447
X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans,...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21650
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
emu-linux-x87-xlibs, x11r6, x11r7, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xorg-server, xterm
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0_r1, 6.7.0, 6.8, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.0, 1.0.2_r5, 1.02_r5, 214
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 30th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.