CVE-2009-1756 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306 http://osvdb.org/54583 http://secunia.com/advisories/35132 http://secunia.com/advisories/38070 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35015 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50611 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00000.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00009.html