CVE-2006-5215

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.6 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-10-10

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Netbsd (Netbsd)
• Solaris (Sun)
• Sunos (Sun)
• Xdm (X.org)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
• http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205