CVE-2006-5214

Description

Race condition in the Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060225, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, causes a user's Xsession errors file to have weak permissions before a chmod is performed, which allows local users to read Xsession errors files of other users.

1.2

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.06%

Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22992	third party advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5897
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3962	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22469	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1760	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/22323	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20400	vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1	patch vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-364-1	vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/22439	third party advisory
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32804	patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5214?: CVE-2006-5214 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5214?: To fix CVE-2006-5214, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5214 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-5214 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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