CVE-2008-1142

Summary

rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30226
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30229
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30225
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30227
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30224
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29576

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30226
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30229
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30225
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30227
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30224
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29576

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