Information Exposure Affecting slim package, versions <1.3.1-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SLIM-1559774
  • published22 May 2009
  • disclosed22 May 2009

Introduced: 22 May 2009

CVE-2009-1756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 slim to version 1.3.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream slim package and not the slim package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1