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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade xdg-user-dirsUpgrade xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo | Apr 27, 2020 | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade xdg-user-dirs-debuginfoUpgrade xdg-user-dirs | Aug 28, 2019 | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Debian | — | No solution exists | May 15, 2025 | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade xdg-user-dirs | Jan 19, 2018 | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade xdg-user-dirs | Jan 19, 2018 | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade xdg-user-dirs | Jul 3, 2018 | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade xdg-user-dirs | Apr 19, 2018 | Jan 12, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade xdg-user-dirsNo solution existsUpgrade xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo | Apr 11, 2018 | Jan 9, 2018 |
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