debian · CVE-2008-0162

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CVE-2008-0162 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (splitvt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges.