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TITLE:
Sun Solaris X Display Manager "Xsession" Script Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22323

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/22323/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
https://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 8
https://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 10
https://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain access to system
information.

The security issue is caused due to a race condition within the
Xsession script of the X Display Manager (xdm), which can be
exploited to gain access to the xdm error log files of other users.

The security issue has been reported in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for
both the SPARC and x86 platform.

SOLUTION:
Use alternate login methods.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898

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