From kde-devel  Sat Dec 24 20:50:24 2005
From: Dave Feustel <dfeustel () mindspring ! com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:50:24 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Xwindows Security Hole in OpenBSD 3.8
Message-Id: <200512241550.25220.dfeustel () mindspring ! com>
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On Saturday 24 December 2005 15:22, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Dave Feustel wrote:
> >I hate to send this Christmas present to kde,
> >but there is definitely a security hole in Xwindows
> >which permits exploits to be committed at least
> >with user permissions, if not root permissions.
> >Since the problem appears to be in Xwindows,
> >using KDE may be inadviseable. I'm considering
> >going back totally to console mode now that
> >I'm aware of the problem.
> 
> This message does not help.
> 
> Please send the details to security@kde.org. Do not post the details 
> publically yet.

sending now...

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