CVE-2009-1756
EPSS 0.46%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-1756
To remediate CVE-2009-1756, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/slim—upgrade to 1.3.1-2 or later
Is CVE-2009-1756 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.3.1-2