Debian Bug report logs - #7112
xterm: xterm is setuid root

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From: Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 19:00:49 -0400
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retitle 1292 xserver-svga: X server loses track of the keyboard [UPSTREAM]
unmerge 1690
retitle 1690 xdm: dies with protection fault if X server exits with nonzero status [UPSTREAM]
severity 1690 fixed
retitle 1691 xserver-common: X server configuration tools allow an invalid numeric range [UPSTREAM]
severity 1691 fixed
retitle 1819 xserver-common: X server should lock the mouse device [UPSTREAM]
severity 1819 fixed
retitle 1985 xdm: forwards indirect requests from localhost with client IP of 127.0.0.1, which obviously won't come back [UPSTREAM]
retitle 2039 xserver-mach64: font erosion [UPSTREAM]
severity 2039 fixed
retitle 2297 xterm: xterm sometimes gets mouse-paste and RETURN keypress in wrong order [UPSTREAM]
retitle 3750 xserver-s3: X server waits too long to accept client connections [UPSTREAM]
retitle 4056 xserver-s3: mouse cursor appears offset from where it "actually" is [UPSTREAM]
severity 4056
retitle 4066 xserver-s3: display is wrapped around [UPSTREAM]
retitle 4494 xserver-svga: Xlib's XForceScreenSaver() causes display to flash [UPSTREAM]
retitle 4546 xdm: X -query fails when no network is present
severity 4546 fixed
retitle 4547 xdm: XDMCP problem with multihomes X servers (design error?) [UPSTREAM]
retitle 5212 xdm: allows login without valid shell [UPSTREAM]
retitle 5475 xdm: postinst starts xdm without asking
severity 5475 fixed
unmerge 5635
retitle 5635 xdm: cycles X server endlessly [UPSTREAM]
severity 5635 fixed
retitle 5734 xserver-common: default keymap was very wrong (GB)
severity 5734 fixed
retitle 5820 xbase-clients: xinit won't let me pass arguments to the server [UPSTREAM]
reassign 5820 xbase-clients
severity 5820 fixed
retitle 5897 xserver-mono: X server does not display text properly on Juko G8 (Hercules clone) card [UPSTREAM]
retitle 6400 xfs: coredumps when shut down due to xbase upgrade [UPSTREAM]
severity 6400 fixed
retitle 6405 xserver-common: default keymap was very wrong (DE)
severity 6405 fixed
merge 5734 6405
retitle 6468 xserver-common: X server goes crazy when switching back to its VC [UPSTREAM]
reassign 6468 xserver-common
retitle 6682 xbase-clients: sessreg should use glibc 2.1 utmp functions [UPSTREAM]
retitle 6734 xserver-common: hostname change causes X to refuse incoming connections [UPSTREAM]
retitle 6769 xserver-svga: X server goes bezerk at unpredictable times [UPSTREAM]
retitle 7058 xf86setup: XF86Setup can create unusable XF86Config [UPSTREAM]
retitle 7112 xterm: xterm is setuid root
retitle 7354 xlib6g-dev: xmkmf can generate bad Makefiles WRT variable substitution [UPSTREAM]
severity 7354 fixed
retitle 7370 xserver-s3v: X server hangs when using Netscape [UPSTREAM]
retitle 7553 xdm: init.d script doesn't always run
severity 7553 fixed
retitle 7554 xserver-w32: X server comes up with blank screen [UPSTREAM]
retitle 7886 emacs: Emacs doesn't know what to do with ISO_Left_Tab
reassign 7886 emacs
retitle 8931 xbase-clients: xrdb should magically know when whitespace is syntactically insignificant and strip it [UPSTREAM]
severity 8931 wishlist
retitle 9982 xserver-common: X server does not start if any host in font path is unreachable [UPSTREAM]
thanks

Notes to self:
#1690: can be closed, can't repro and I haven't heard of anyone ELSE
getting a PF from xdm the whole time I've maintained it

#1691: this is actually a pretty vague complaint.  At any rate, Debian now
has parse-xf86config, which is designed to catch exactly these kinds of
errors.  xserver-configure (and the xdm init script) works with it to try
to ensure that the XF86Config file is kosher before trying to use it.

#1819: I do not think it is necessary to put a lock on a read-only device
like a mouse.  If you run something else that grabs the device and locks
it, the problem is with the something else, not with X.  As it stands,
under at least some configurations gpm and X can share the mouse device
(though VC switching may cause gpm issue protocol errors to the system
log).

#2039: I believe this was addressed last year:
  XFree86 3.3.2j (4 November 1998)
  [...]
  1191. Mach64 updates: fix a font bug for non-terminal image text fonts,
        update docs and Cards database (#2164, Kevin Martin).

#4056, 4066: these bugs are addressed by questions Q.C1 and Q.D1 in
/usr/doc/xfree86-common/XFree86-FAQ.*

#4546: I cannot reproduce this under the conditions described in the bug
report.

#5475: This problem was fixed by the Great X Reorganization.
  *) If you don't want xdm to run, don't install it.
  *) Alternatively, see /usr/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ for help with various
     xdm scenarios people desire that aren't the default configuration

#5635: fixed in xfree86 3.3.2.3a-9 with Marcelo Magallon's patch

#5734, 6405: Folks have got to learn how to use XKB.  Alternatively, they
can just use "XkbDisable", and the X server will inherit the keymap used by
the virtual console.

#5820: this was fixed a long time ago. xinit -- :1 [other server args]
works just fine.

#6400: I can't reproduce this.  I do not get a coredump when starting an
xfs when another one is already running.  Font services continue to work
fine.

#7354: I tried to reproduce this and couldn't.

#7553: This was fixed in the Great X Reorganization.

#7886: if emacs doesn't know what to do with a key event, that's emacs's
problem

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