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X.Org X11 X Display Manager "Xsession" Script Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA22439
Release Date: 2006-10-17
Popularity: 8,680 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:X Window System 11 (X11) 6.x
X Window System 11 (X11) 7.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A security issue has been reported in X.Org X11, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain access to system information.

The security issue is caused due to a race condition within the Xsession script of the X Display Manager (xdm), which can be exploited to gain access to the xdm error log files of other users.

The security issue is reported in versions before 2006-02-25.

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