Enlightenment CVS committal

Author  : mej
Project : eterm
Module  : Eterm

Dir     : eterm/Eterm


Modified Files:
        ChangeLog 


Log Message:
Wed May 14 16:09:04 2008                        Michael Jennings (mej)

(Correct) fix for CVE-2008-1692.  Eterm no longer defaults to using
":0" for $DISPLAY due to the possibility that an attacker can create a
fake X server on a shared system, intercept the Eterm X connection,
and send fake keystrokes to the victim's Eterm to execute arbitrary
commands as that user.

The previous fix, while it did indeed correct the vulnerability, broke
the --display option.  The original fix from Bernhard Link was more
correct, albeit not quite on target.
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RCS file: /cvs/e/eterm/Eterm/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.448
retrieving revision 1.449
diff -u -3 -r1.448 -r1.449
--- ChangeLog   14 May 2008 22:26:36 -0000      1.448
+++ ChangeLog   14 May 2008 23:16:54 -0000      1.449
@@ -5565,3 +5565,15 @@
 Patch from Emmanuel Anne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to fix cut/paste
 with KDE applications.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 14 16:09:04 2008                        Michael Jennings (mej)
+
+(Correct) fix for CVE-2008-1692.  Eterm no longer defaults to using
+":0" for $DISPLAY due to the possibility that an attacker can create a
+fake X server on a shared system, intercept the Eterm X connection,
+and send fake keystrokes to the victim's Eterm to execute arbitrary
+commands as that user.
+
+The previous fix, while it did indeed correct the vulnerability, broke
+the --display option.  The original fix from Bernhard Link was more
+correct, albeit not quite on target.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------



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