| Name | CVE-2008-1142 |
| Description | rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 469296 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| rxvt (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.7.10-6 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.7.10-7+deb9u2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rxvt | source | (unstable) | 1:2.6.4-13 | unimportant | 469296 |