CVE-2006-5215

CVE-2006-5215 describes a local vulnerability in the Xsession script used by XDM across NetBSD, X.Org, and Solaris up to certain dates. The issue arises from a symlink attack on /tmp/xses-$USER, allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files or read another user’s Xsession errors file. Connec...

CVE-2006-4447

Summary: CVE-2006-4447 affects X.Org and XFree86 components (libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, xterm) where setuid/seteuid return values are not checked when dropping privileges. This may enable local privilege escalation if those calls fail (e.g., due to ulimit). What is affected: X.Or...