Debian Linux 10 and prior [Medium]

By Security Team on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 in Security Notifications | Related Software Packages:

Affects:

  • Debian Linux 10 and prior [Medium]

Description

xvfb-run 1.6.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 10, and possibly other operating systems place the magic cookie (MCOOKIE) on the command line, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing the process and its arguments.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-1573
Severity: Medium

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