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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================== 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. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-cvs mailing list enlightenment-cvs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-cvs