CVE-2009-1756 (GCVE-0-2009-1756)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-05-22 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
VLAI
Summary
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35015 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/38070 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/35132 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2009-05-18 00:00
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