Bug 717672 – CVE-2011-2504 x11perfcomp has dot in its path

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Bug 717672 - (CVE-2011-2504) CVE-2011-2504 x11perfcomp has dot in its path

Summary:	CVE-2011-2504 x11perfcomp has dot in its path

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2011-2504

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	856481
Blocks:	855229
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Reported:	2011-06-29 10:37 EDT by Josh Bressers
Modified:	2015-03-09 05:12 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2015-03-06 06:57:03 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0502	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: Core X11 clients security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2013-02-20 16:18:12 EST

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Description Josh Bressers 2011-06-29 10:37:31 EDT

Xorg upstream alerted us to an issue in the x11perfcomp script. The script
places a '.' in the PATH environment variable which could result in an
attacker being able to execute arbitrary code if a user runs x11perfcomp
from an attacker controlled directory.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 03:15:40 EST

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0502 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0502.html

Comment 4 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-02-21 23:13:15 EST

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