CVE-2006-5215
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 9, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 9, 2006
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805
- 1017015vdb-entry
- 22992third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2205vdb-entrysignature
- xdm-xsession-symlink(29427)vdb-entry
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898
- 102652vendor-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
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