Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-25

Severity: Medium
Date : 2017-06-22
CVE-ID : CVE-2016-10369
Package : lxterminal
Type : access restriction bypass
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-264

Summary

The package lxterminal before version 0.3.0-2 is vulnerable to access
restriction bypass.

Resolution

Upgrade to 0.3.0-2.

pacman -Syu “lxterminal>=0.3.0-2”

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround

None.

Description

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a
socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service
(preventing terminal launch), or possibly have other impact (bypassing
terminal access control).

Impact

A local attacker might be able to cause a denial of service or bypass
the terminal access control to gain privileges or access sensitive
information.

References

https://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/lxterminal.git;a=commitdiff;h=f99163c6ff8b2f57c5f37b1ce5d62cf7450d4648
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/333539/lxterminal-in-the-netstat-output/333578
https://bugs.debian.org/862098
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-10369