30 matches found
CVE-2006-5214
CVE-2006-5214 describes a race condition in the Xsession handling of X Display Manager environments affecting NetBSD, X.Org, and Solaris releases as listed; the root cause is a window between creating the user’s Xsession errors file and applying the chmod, which can let local users read other use...
CVE-2006-5215
The Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager xdm in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060317, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, or read another user's Xsession errors file, via a symlink attack on a /tmp/xses-$USER file...
Fedora Core 5 : gdm-2.14.1-1.fc5.2 (2006-338)
Notes taken from upstream release mail - The sockets connection between the slaves and the GDM daemon is now better managed to better ensure that sockets are never left open. Brian Cameron - Corrected bug that causes a core dump when you click on gdmgreeter fields that have an id. Brian Cameron -...
Novell Netware Xsession Authentication Bypass
No description provided...
GDM symbolic links problem
.xsession-errors file in user's home is open with root permissions without checking for symlinks...
CVE-1999-1347
CVE-1999-1347 affects Red Hat Linux 6.1 and earlier. The vulnerability arises in Xsession, where local users with restricted accounts can bypass execution of the .xsession file by starting a desktop session (KDE, GNOME or similar) from KDM. This bypass allows the user to run with the environmenta...
CVE-2000-1059
The default configuration of the Xsession file in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and 7.0 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command, which allows local users to sniff X Windows events and gain privileges...
CVE-2000-1059
The CVE-2000-1059 issue affects Mandrake Linux 7.0 and 7.1, where the default /etc/X11/Xsession configuration disables Xauthority via an "xhost + localhost" setting. This allows local users to connect to an X server on the localhost, potentially sniffing X Windows events and escalating privileges...
CVE-2000-1059
The default configuration of the Xsession file in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and 7.0 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command, which allows local users to sniff X Windows events and gain privileges...