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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201201-07">
+ <title>NX Server Free Edition, NX Node: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>An unspecified vulnerability in NX Server Free Edition and NX Node
+ could allow local attackers to gain root privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">NX Server NX Node</product>
+ <announced>2012-01-23</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-01-23</revised>
+ <bug>378345</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-misc/nxserver-freeedition" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.5.0.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.5.0.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="net-misc/nxnode" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.5.0.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.5.0.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>NX Server Free Edition is a remote display technology by No Machine. NX
+ Node provides the shared components for NX Server.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>NX Server Free Edition and NX Node use nxconfigure.sh, a setuid script
+ containing an unspecified vulnerability.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All NX Server Free Edition users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=net-misc/nxserver-freeedition-3.5.0.5"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>All NX Node users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/nxnode-3.5.0.4"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
+ available since August 23, 2011. It is likely that your system is already
+ no longer affected by this issue.
+ </p>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3977">
+ CVE-2011-3977
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="2011-10-07T23:38:19Z" tag="requester">
+ underling
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-01-23T11:55:50Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>