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TITLE:
rxvt-unicode X11 Display Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30224

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30224/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
rxvt-unicode 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/18635/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in rxvt-unicode, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA29576

The security issue is reported in version 9.02. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not run rxvt-unicode on untrusted systems.

Restrict local access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally reported by Bernhard R. Link in rxvt. Identified in
rxvt-unicode by the Gentoo Linux Security Team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29576:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29576/

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