Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2008:221 | First vendor Publication | 2008-10-29 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2008-10-29 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 3.7 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 1.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A vulnerability in rxvt allowed it to open a terminal on :0 if the environment variable was not set, which could be used by a local user to hijack X11 connections (CVE-2008-1142). This issue also affects aterm. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for rxvt MDVSA-2008:161 (rxvt) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_161.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-03 (aterm eterm rxvt mrxvt multi-aterm w... File : nvt/glsa_200805_03.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 43902 | rxvt X11 :0 Default Display Local Privilege Escalation |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_rxvt-unicode-080814.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-08-24 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_rxvt-unicode-5541.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-05-09 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200805-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
