CVE-2008-1692

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2008-1692 · Published 07/04/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1692 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting eterm (eterm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.31%, higher than 23.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
eterm eterm	`= 0.9.4`	No fix yet

Description

Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/29577 · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
mandriva.com/security/advisories
securityfocus.com/bid/28512

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