UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3100

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3100
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3100.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3100
Upstream
Published
2016-07-13T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:40Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / kinit

Package

Name
kinit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kinit@5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.15.0-0ubuntu1
5.15.0-0ubuntu2
5.18.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "kinit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "kinit-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}