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CVE-2006-5214

Race condition in the Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060225, and Solaris 8 th

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Summary

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.

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Affected versions

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References 13

securitytracker.com

secunia.com

bugs.freedesktop.org

vupen.com

oval.cisecurity.org

securityfocus.com

sunsolve.sun.com

ubuntu.com

support.avaya.com

netbsd.org