Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-03 (aterm eterm rxvt mrxvt multi-aterm wterm rxvt-unicode)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200805-03. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-03 (aterm eterm rxvt mrxvt multi-aterm wterm rxvt-unicode)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200805-03. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200805-03 : Multiple X11 terminals: Local privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200805-03 Multiple X11 terminals: Local privilege escalation Bernhard R. Link discovered that RXVT opens a terminal on :0 if the '-display' option is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set. Further research ...

[ GLSA 200805-03 ] Multiple X11 terminals: Local privilege escalation

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CVE-2008-1142

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 th...