National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0745

Overview

X.Org server (xorg-server) 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and (1) execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line option or (2) overwrite arbitrary files via -logfile.

Impact

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External Source: BID

Name: 17169

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17169

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060320 [CVE-2006-0745] X.Org Security Advisory: privilege escalation and DoS in X11R6.9, X11R7.0

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428183/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060320 Re: [CVE-2006-0745] X.Org Security Advisory: privilege escalation and DoS in X11R6.9, X11R7.0

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428230/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:056

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:056

External Source: XF

Name: xorg-geteuid-privilege-escalation(25341)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25341

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2006-172

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-March/msg00026.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 24001

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/24001

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 24000

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/24000

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:016

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_xorgx11server.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:056

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:056

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1028

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1028

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1017

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1017

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-078.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-078.htm

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 102252

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102252-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1015793

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015793

External Source: SREASON

Name: 606

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/606

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19676

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19676

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19316

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19316

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19311

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19311

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19307

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19307

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19256

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19256

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1697

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1697

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1697