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TITLE:
SLiM X Authority File Insecure Creation Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35132

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http://secunia.com/advisories/35132/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in SLiM, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.

The security issue is caused due to the application generating the X
authority file by passing the X authority cookie via the command line
to "xauth". This can be exploited to disclose the X authority cookie
by consulting the process list and e.g. gain access the user's
display.

The security issue is reported in version 1.3.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Nico Golde, Debian

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306

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