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CVE-2009-1756

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2009-05-30	slim -- local disclosure of X authority magic cookie

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CVE-2009-1756 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2009-1756
Phase	Assigned(20090521)

Description

SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20090518 CVE id request: slim
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306
FEDORA	FEDORA-2009-13551
FEDORA	FEDORA-2009-13552
BID	35015
OSVDB	54583
SECUNIA	35132
SECUNIA	38070
XF	slim-xauthority-info-disclosure(50611)