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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: Xwindows Security Hole in OpenBSD 3.8
From:       Edd Barrett <vext01 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-12-24 23:50:09
Message-ID: a6e8c1d0512241550l3b869c85o () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 24/12/05, Dave Feustel <dfeustel@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> I hate to send this Christmas present to misc,
> 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.



How very descriptive....

Please elaborate...

Regards

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