Description
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | slim | 1.3.1-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | slim | 1.3.1-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | slim | 1.3.1-2 | — |
References
- 54583 vdb-entry
- slim-xauthority-info-disclosure(50611) vdb-entry
- 35015 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2009-13551 vendor-advisory
- 38070 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306
- FEDORA-2009-13552 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090518 CVE id request: slim mailing-list
- 35132 third-party-advisory