FrSIRT - HP-UX Security Update Fixes Xserver Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Issues / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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HP-UX Security Update Fixes Xserver Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Issues

Title : HP-UX Security Update Fixes Xserver Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Issues
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2233
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6101 - CVE-2006-6102 - CVE-2006-6103
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-06-18

Advisory Details

Description

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Solution

References

Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in HP-UX, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service. These issues are caused by errors in Xserver. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0108

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Sean Larsson (iDefense Labs).

ChangeLog

2007-06-18 : Initial release

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