DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5215

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5215

    Published: 10 Oct 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-5215

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5215

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xdm

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xdm?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.0.5-1

    Affected versions

    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