Vulnerability CVE-2007-5958

Vulnerability CVE-2007-5958

Published: 2008-01-18 Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:

X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a filename argument in the -sp option to the X program, which produces different error messages depending on whether the filename exists.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
5/10	2.9/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	None	None

Affected software
X.org -> Xserver

References:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103205-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-230901-1

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1466

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:023

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:025

http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg

http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0031.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27356

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39769

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1970

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10991

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5393

https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5152

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html

Vulnerability CVE-2007-5958

X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a filename argument in the -sp option to the X program, which produces different error messages depending on whether the filename exists.

CWE-200

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

5/10

2.9/10

10/10

Remote

Low

No required

Partial

None

None

Affected software

References: