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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-5958: X.Org X server and Xfont library: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-5958: X.Org X server and Xfont library: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/18/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a filename argument in the -sp option to the X program, which produces different error messages depending on whether the filename exists.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-base-xorg-server
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxfont

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