Ubuntu
splitvt package

[splitvt] [CVE-2008-0162] privilege escalation

Bug #195689 reported by disabled.user
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
splitvt (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Dapper
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Edgy
Won't Fix
Undecided
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Feisty
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Gutsy
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

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."

CVE References

William Grant (wgrant)
Changed in splitvt:
status: New → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Hew (hew) wrote :

Ubuntu Edgy Eft is no longer supported, so a SRU will not be issued for this release. Marking Edgy as Won't Fix.

Changed in splitvt:
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Hew (hew) wrote :

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn is no longer supported, so a SRU will not be issued for this release. Marking Feisty as Won't Fix.

Changed in splitvt:
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h) wrote :

The 18 month support period for Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 has reached its end of life -
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol . As a result, we are closing the
Gutsy task.

Changed in splitvt (Ubuntu Gutsy):
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. dapper has reached EOL
(End of Life) and is no longer supported. As a result, this bug
against dapper is being marked "Won't Fix". Please see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for currently supported Ubuntu
releases.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in splitvt (Ubuntu Dapper):
status: New → Won't Fix
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