Information Exposure Affecting kinit package, versions <5.23.0-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published13 Jul 2016
- disclosed13 Jul 2016
Introduced: 13 Jul 2016
CVE-2016-3100 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable kinit to version 5.23.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kinit package and not the kinit package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3100
- 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
- http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-3100