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INFORMATION BULLETIN
splitvt Vulnerability
[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1500-1]
February 25, 2008 22:00 GMT Number S-200
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PROBLEM: Splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did
not drop group privileges prior to executing 'xprop'.
PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE: Privilege escalation.
SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate verison.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. This could allow any local user to gain the
ASSESSMENT: privileges of group utmp.
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LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-200.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500
ADDITIONAL LINK: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27936/discuss
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CVE-2008-0162
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1500-1 splitvt -- privilege escalation
Date Reported:
21 Feb 2008
Affected Packages:
splitvt
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0162.
More information:
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.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.5-9etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.6-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your splitvt package.
Fixed in:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_amd64.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_mips.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_s390.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
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CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Debian for the
information contained in this bulletin.
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