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TITLE:
Gentoo update for aterm, eterm, rxvt, mrxvt, multi-aterm, wterm, and
rxvt-unicode

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30229

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30229/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for aterm, eterm, rxvt, mrxvt,
multi-aterm, wterm, and rxvt-unicode. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA29576
SA29577
SA30224
SA30225
SA30226
SA30227

SOLUTION:
Update to a fixed version.

aterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/aterm-1.0.1-r1" or later.

Eterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4-r1" or later.

Mrxvt users:
Update to "x11-terms/mrxvt-0.5.3-r2" or later.

multi-aterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/multi-aterm-0.2.1-r1" or later.

RXVT users:
Update to "x11-terms/rxvt-2.7.10-r4" or later.

rxvt-unicde users:
Update to "x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.02-r1" or later.

wterm users:
Update to "x11-terms/wterm-6.2.9-r3" or later.

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

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

SA29577:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577/

SA30224:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30224/

SA30225:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30225/

SA30226:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30226/

SA30227:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30227/

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