Description (CNA)
The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017