debian · CVE-2006-5215

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:46:17 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2006-5215 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xdm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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