A vulnerability has been identified in Redhat, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by a race condition in the way temporary files are handled when executing the X.Org X11 XFS script, which could be exploited by malicious users manipulate certain files and gain root privileges when a vulnerable system (or XFS) is rebooted.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by iDefense Labs .
ChangeLog
2007-07-12 : Initial release
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