oss-security - Re: CVE request: insecure X11 handling in ltsp

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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:15:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: insecure X11 handling in ltsp

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Nico Golde wrote:

> Due to passing the -ac option to the X server in ltsp it is possible for
> any attacker knowing the victims ip address and the display number to
> read keystrokes on the client and display client windows.

CVE will be filled in later.

Use CVE-2008-1293

- Steve

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