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Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 17:20:22 +0200
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley@...re.org
Subject: Re: CVE id request: Debian/Ubuntu specific issue in xvfb-run (xorg)

Hi,
* Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de> [2009-05-05 17:18]:
> 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.

YFYI, our maintainer just told me that he thinks this is included 
since Fedora 10 in Fedora as well...

Cheers
Nico
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