CVE-2008-1142

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.

Date published : 2008-04-07

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296