CVE-2016-3100: Infoleak
First published: Wed Jul 13 2016(Updated: )
kinit 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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap | =42.1 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.2 | |
| KDE KDE Frameworks | <=5.22.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/opensuse
- canonical/opensuse leap
- version/opensuse leap/42.1
- canonical/opensuse opensuse
- version/opensuse opensuse/13.2
- vendor/kde
- canonical/kde kde frameworks
- version/kde kde frameworks/5.22.0