gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml

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<glsa id="200805-03">
  <title>Multiple X11 terminals: Local privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability was found in aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, RXVT,
    rxvt-unicode, and wterm, allowing for local privilege escalation.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">aterm eterm rxvt mrxvt multi-aterm wterm rxvt-unicode</product>
  <announced>May 07, 2008</announced>
  <revised>May 10, 2008: 02</revised>
  <bug>216833</bug>
  <bug>217819</bug>
  <bug>219746</bug>
  <bug>219750</bug>
  <bug>219754</bug>
  <bug>219760</bug>
  <bug>219762</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-terms/aterm" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="x11-terms/eterm" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.9.4-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.4-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="x11-terms/mrxvt" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.5.3-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.3-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="x11-terms/multi-aterm" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.2.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.2.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="x11-terms/rxvt" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.7.10-r4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.7.10-r4</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="x11-terms/rxvt-unicode" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">9.02-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">9.02-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="x11-terms/wterm" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">6.2.9-r3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">6.2.9-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, RXVT, rxvt-unicode, and wterm are X11
    terminal emulators.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Bernhard R. Link discovered that RXVT opens a terminal on :0 if the
    "-display" option is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable
    is not set. Further research by the Gentoo Security Team has shown that
    aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, rxvt-unicode, and wterm are also
    affected.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack X11
    terminals of other users.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All aterm users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/aterm-1.0.1-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All Eterm users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All Mrxvt users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/mrxvt-0.5.3-r2&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All multi-aterm users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/multi-aterm-0.2.1-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All RXVT users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/rxvt-2.7.10-r4&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.02-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All wterm users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/wterm-6.2.9-r3&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1142">CVE-2008-1142</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1692">CVE-2008-1692</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:00:54 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:12:03 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:21 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
</glsa>