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Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 12:10:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
cc: coley@...re.org
Subject: Re: CVE id request: Debian/Ubuntu specific issue in
xvfb-run (xorg)
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Name: CVE-2009-1573
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1573
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090505 CVE id request: Debian/Ubuntu specific issue in xvfb-run (xorg)
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/2
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090505 Re: CVE id request: Debian/Ubuntu specific issue in xvfb-run (xorg)
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/4
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526678
xvfb-run 1.6.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 10, and possibly
other operating systems place the magic cookie (MCOOKIE) on the
command line, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing
the process and its arguments.
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