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SUSE-SR:2008:017:vuln8: rxvt-unicode session hijacking

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SUSE-SR:2008:017:vuln8: rxvt-unicode session hijacking

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/29/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/09/2008
Modified
11/18/2015

Description

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.

Solution(s)

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