#1876: Security vulnerability in Xorg-6.9.0 ---------------------------------------------+------------------------------ Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner: [email protected] Type: defect | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 6.2 Component: BOOK | Version: a-SVN Severity: major | Keywords: security ---------------------------------------------+------------------------------ As posted by Ag Hatzim on blfs-dev:
In addition and relative to this issue,a vulnerability has been found in the X.Org server ![1],because the Xorg server is installed setuid root. The 1.0.2 release is not vulnerable,however the patch for 6.9.0 ![2] should be put in the book. 1. http://wiki.x.org/wiki/SecurityPage 2. http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R6.9.0/patches/x11r6.9.0-geteuid.diff -- Ticket URL: <http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/1876> BLFS Trac <http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs> Beyond Linux From Scratch -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
