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X.Org X11 X Display Manager "Xsession" Script Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22439
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Release Date:
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2006-10-17
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of system information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | X Window System 11 (X11) 6.x
X Window System 11 (X11) 7.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5214 (Secunia mirror)
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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.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.4.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a NetBSD bug.
Original Advisory:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5897
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898
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