Race condition in the Xsession script, as used by X...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5897
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3962
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22469
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22323
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20400
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-364-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22439
- http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32804
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