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xdm — security advisory
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-$USER file.
- Products
- xdm
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.0.5-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-5215
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060317, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, or read another user's Xsession errors file, via a symlink attack on a /tmp/xses-$USER file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5215
xdm
Fixed versions: 1:1.0.5-1
xdm
Fixed versions: 1:1.0.5-1
xdm
Fixed versions: 1:1.0.5-1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5215",
"method": "structured",
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],
"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:29.072476481Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"references": [
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 410658,
"published_at": "2006-10-10T04:06:00+00:00"
}