vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-15131: Security patch for xdg-user-dirs (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 9, 2018 | Apr 27, 2020 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 9, 2018
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
It was found that system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories, since Xsession sources xdg-user-dirs.sh before setting umask policy. This only affects xdg-user-dirs before 0.15.5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xdg-user-dirsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo
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