Info

Disclosure

Aug 13, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

rxvt-unicode contains a flaw related to open filehandles that may allow an attacker to access arbitrary other terminal windows. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Marc Lehmann

rxvt-unicode

3.5

References

Bugtraq ID: 10959
Secunia Advisory ID: 12299
CVE ID: 2004-2215 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/Changes?view=markup
Vendor URL: http://software.schmorp.de/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/8710