CVE-2016-3100

NameCVE-2016-3100
Descriptionkinit 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs827476

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
kinit (PTS)buster5.54.0-1fixed
bullseye5.78.0-2fixed
bookworm5.103.0-1fixed
sid, trixie5.107.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kinitsource(unstable)5.23.0-1827476

Notes

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=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58

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