*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported:
Binary package hint: splitvt References: DSA-1500-1 (http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500) Quoting: "Mike Ashton discovered that splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing 'xprop'. This could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp." ** Affects: splitvt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Visibility changed to: Public ** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-0162 -- [splitvt] [CVE-2008-0162] privilege escalation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
