CVE-2006-5215

Published Oct 10, 2006

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
The Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060317, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, or read another user's Xsession errors file, via a symlink attack on a /tmp/xses-$USER file.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.6
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Social media

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Evaluator

Comment
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Impact
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Solution
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Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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