Description
xlockmore and xlockf do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000816 ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0340.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000815231724.A14694%40subterrain.net ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0294.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585 ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0212.html ↗