openSUSE Security Update : rxvt-unicode (rxvt-unicode-163)

low Nessus Plugin ID 40125

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

It was possible to open a terminal on :0 when the environment variable was not set. This could be exploited by local users to hijack X11 connections (CVE-2008-1142).

Solution

Update the affected rxvt-unicode package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415661

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 40125

File Name: suse_11_0_rxvt-unicode-080814.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rxvt-unicode, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1142

CWE: 264