CVE-2006-5214
EPSS 0.08%Published: 10/10/2006Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/xdmfrom 0, < 1:1.0.5-1
- Debian/xorgfrom 0, < 1:7.1.0-13