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title: "CVE-2006-0745\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0745?format=md
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# CVE-2006-0745

Publication date 21 March 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xorg-server | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.2.0-3ubuntu8 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.1.1-0ubuntu12.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.0.2-0ubuntu10.7 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0745)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0745)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-0745)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0745)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0745>