CVE-2006-0745 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-0745 at MITRE

Description

X.Org server (xorg-server) 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and (1) execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line option or (2) overwrite arbitrary files via -logfile.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 156974 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2006:016, published Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SR:2006:006, published Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:40:25 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:44 2025