CVE-2007-5958

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    CVE-2007-5958

    Published: 18 Jan 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a filename argument in the -sp option to the X program, which produces different error messages depending on whether the filename exists.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/28273, http://secunia.com/advisories/28532, http://secunia.com/advisories/28535, http://secunia.com/advisories/28536, http://secunia.com/advisories/28539, http://secunia.com/advisories/28540, http://secunia.com/advisories/28542, http://secunia.com/advisories/28543, http://secunia.com/advisories/28550, http://secunia.com/advisories/28584, http://secunia.com/advisories/28592, http://secunia.com/advisories/28616, http://secunia.com/advisories/28718, http://secunia.com/advisories/28843, http://secunia.com/advisories/28885, http://secunia.com/advisories/28997, http://secunia.com/advisories/29420, http://secunia.com/advisories/29622, http://secunia.com/advisories/29707, http://secunia.com/advisories/30161, http://secunia.com/advisories/32545, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1466, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:023, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:025, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103205-1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-230901-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml, http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg, http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0031.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27356, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39769, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1970, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10991, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5393, https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5152, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High