CVE-2013-4394

The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors involving "special and control characters."

🔗 References (10)

• secalert@redhathttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324
• secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34