DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3100

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3100
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3100.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3100
Upstream
Published
2016-07-13T15:59:02.420Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:01:14.742027Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / kinit

Package

Name
kinit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kinit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.23.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / kinit

Package

Name
kinit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kinit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.23.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / kinit

Package

Name
kinit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kinit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.23.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / kinit

Package

Name
kinit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kinit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.23.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}