Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5214
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.
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Affected products
88 <= version <= 10, <20061006+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 8 <= version <= 10, <20061006
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
13- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdPatch
- www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.plnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/22323nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22439nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22469nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22992nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htmnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20400nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-364-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3962nvd
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1760nvd
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