CVE-2006-4447 - X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm, does not check t

CVE-2006-4447

Summary

X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm, does not check the return values for setuid and seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail, such as by exceeding a ulimit.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:emu-linux-x87-xlibs:7.0_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:emu-linux-x87-xlibs:7.0_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r7:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r7:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r7:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r7:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r7:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r7:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xdm:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xdm:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xf86dga:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xf86dga:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xinit:1.0.2_r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xinit:1.0.2_r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xload:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xload:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.02_r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.02_r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xterm:214:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xterm:214:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.2 (as of 08-03-2011 - 02:40)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

bid	19742 23697
cert-vn	VU#300368
debian	DSA-1193
gentoo	GLSA-200608-25 GLSA-200704-22
mandriva	MDKSA-2006:160
mlist	[beast] 20061228 ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.7.1 [xorg] 20060620 X.Org security advisory: setuid return value check problems
secunia	21650 21660 21693 22332 25032 25059
vupen	ADV-2006-3409 ADV-2007-0409

statements via4

contributor	Mark J Cox
lastmodified	2006-09-12
organization	Red Hat
statement	Not Vulnerable. This issue does not exist in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. This issue not exploitable in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. A detailed analysis of this issue can be found in the Red Hat Bug Tracking System: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195555

Last major update

08-03-2011 - 02:40

Published

30-08-2006 - 01:04

Last modified

08-03-2011 - 02:40