CVE-2006-4447
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 30, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 29, 2006
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 21660third-party-advisory
- MDKSA-2006:160vendor-advisory
- [xorg] 20060620 X.Org security advisory: setuid return value check problemsmailing-list
- VU#300368third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-3409vdb-entry
- 21693third-party-advisory
- DSA-1193vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200704-22vendor-advisory
- 22332third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-0409vdb-entry
- GLSA-200608-25vendor-advisory
- 23697vdb-entry
- 25059third-party-advisory
- 25032third-party-advisory
- [beast] 20061228 ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.7.1mailing-list
- 19742vdb-entry
- 21650third-party-advisory
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