Debian/eterm: unknown

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

Action: Upgrade eterm to 0.9.4.0debian1-2.1 or later.

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1692#Debian:14/eterm
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1692

published 2008-04-07T18:44:00Z · modified 2026-10-23T17:47:27.509633783Z · JSON