Total vulnerabilities in the database
The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| redhat / linux | 7.2 | 7.2.x |
| redhat / linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| redhat / linux | 7.3 | 7.3.x |
| redhat / linux | 7.1 | 7.1.x |