# CVE-2006-5214: Race condition in n/a

> Local attackers can read other users' Xsession error files due to a race condition in the X Display Manager script.

- **Severity:** Low 1.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5214, GHSA-6w46-68r7-2g8p

## What is CVE-2006-5214?

CVE-2006-5214 is a low-severity vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 9 Oct 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Race condition in the Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060225, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, causes a user's Xsession errors file to have weak permissions before a chmod is performed, which allows local users to read Xsession errors files of other users.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5214?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Netbsd Netbsd, Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-5214?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2006-5214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2017-1000374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000374/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000375/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000378](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000378/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-8212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8212/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2008-3584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3584/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5214 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-5214 is a low-severity vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 9 Oct 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netbsd Netbsd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5214/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5214/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5214
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5214
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5214

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