Upstream information

CVE-2008-1142 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.7
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 415661 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • rxvt-unicode >= 9.05-1.19.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA rxvt-unicode-9.05-1.19.1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3
  • rxvt-unicode >= 9.26-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10222
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4
  • rxvt-unicode >= 9.26-bp154.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10222
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • rxvt-unicode >= 9.22-lp150.2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA rxvt-unicode-9.22-lp150.2.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • rxvt-unicode >= 9.26-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10222
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • rxvt-unicode >= 9.26-bp154.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10222
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • rxvt-unicode >= 9.22-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10526

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 rxvt-unicode Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4 rxvt-unicode Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:08:20 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:26:48 2025