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CVE-2006-5215
Published: Oct 9, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805
x_refsource_CONFIRM
1017015
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
22992
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2205
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
xdm-xsession-symlink(29427)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898
x_refsource_CONFIRM
102652
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUNALERT
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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