CVE-2013-4394

UNKNOWN

The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors involving "special and control characters

Published Oct 28, 2013

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors involving "special and control characters."

References

WEB

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357

ADVISORY

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777

WEB

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9

WEB

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324

ADVISORY

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34

ADVISORY