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Posted on 18 December 2011
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2364-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
December 18, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xorg
Vulnerability : incorrect permission check
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: yes
CVE ID : CVE-2011-4613
Debian Bug : 652249
The Debian X wrapper enforces that the X server can only be started from
a console. "vladz" discovered that this wrapper could be bypassed.
The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.5+8+squeeze1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:7.6+10.
We recommend that you upgrade your xorg packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
