Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd ↗
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html ↗
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593 ↗
- http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php ↗
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt ↗
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140 ↗