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rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 7, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2008-1142

GHSA ID

GHSA-2cjq-7pqj-grxv

Source code

No known source code

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