CVE-2016-3100

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3100
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-13 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
Descriptionkinit in KDE Frameworks before 5.23.0 uses weak permissions (644) for /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y, which allows local users to obtain X11 cookies of other users and consequently capture keystrokes and possibly gain privileges by reading the file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kde Frameworks All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
quickgit.kde.org CONFIRM quickgit.kde.org
Git repository browser CONFIRM quickgit.kde.org
www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php CONFIRM www.kde.com
363140 – World-readable X11 Cookie, easy key logger CONFIRM bugs.kde.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1723-1: moderate: Security update for kinit SUSE lists.opensuse.org
358593 – kdeinit5 create /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y with inappropriate permission. CONFIRM bugs.kde.org
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt CONFIRM www.kde.org
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