DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4447

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4447

    Published: 30 Aug 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-4447

    Summary:

    Details: X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm, does not check the return values for setuid and seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail, such as by exceeding a ulimit.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4447

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libx11

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.0.0-7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High