CVE-2009-1573

Publication date 6 May 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xorg-server	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu14.2
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored end of life, was needed
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.3
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
xorg-server	Vendor: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-xorg/xserver/xorg-server.git;a=commitdiff;h=ecf09e571198ee16256a5efd1c23fd286a4f2249;hp=cbccf51785b500f51dc974ed05f5512181d4c51f

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-939-1
X.org vulnerabilities
18 May 2010

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1573