CVE-2008-1692

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 (10)

• cve@mitrehttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29577
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222
• cve@mitrehttp://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/29577
• 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