cve-2008-1692
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-04-07 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:32
Severity ?
Summary
Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29577Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29577Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
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