4.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-1293

Published: 29/04/2008 Updated: 03/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.8 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 6.5
VMScore: 427
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

ldm in Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) 0.99 and 2 passes the -ac option to the X server on each LTSP client, which allows remote malicious users to connect to this server via TCP port 6006 (aka display :6).

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Vendor Advisories

Christian Herzog discovered that it was possible to connect to any LTSP client’s X session over the network A remote attacker could eavesdrop on X events, read window contents, and record keystrokes, possibly gaining access to private information ...
Christian Herzog discovered that within the Linux Terminal Server Project, it was possible to connect to X on any LTSP client from any host on the network, making client windows and keystrokes visible to that host NOTE: most ldm installs are likely to be in a chroot environment exported over NFS, and will not be upgraded merely by upgrading the se ...