low2.6
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 loca…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| X.Org | Xdm | through 1.0.3 |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | through current Versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3 |
| Sun | Solaris | Versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 |
| Sun | Sunos | Versions 5.8, 5.9 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- 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