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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-26
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: X2Go Server: Privilege Escalation
Date: May 19, 2014
Bugs: #497260
ID: 201405-26

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Synopsis
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A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in X2Go
Server.

Background
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X2Go is an open source terminal server project.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/x2goserver >= 4.0.1.12 >= 4.0.1.12

Description
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X2Go Server is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Impact
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A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All X2Go Server users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-misc/x2goserver-4.0.1.12”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7383
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7383

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-26.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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