oss-security - CVE id request: Debian/Ubuntu specific issue in xvfb-run (xorg)

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Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 16:59:05 +0200
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley@...re.org
Subject: CVE id request: Debian/Ubuntu specific issue in xvfb-run (xorg)

Hi Steve,
can I get a CVE id for http://bugs.debian.org/526678

The xvfb-run script used in Debian insecurely passes the X 
magic cookie via the commandline so it's an easy thing to 
grab it with system access.

Cheers
Nico
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