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Debian: CVE-2016-10369: lxterminal -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-10369: lxterminal -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/10/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (preventing terminal launch), or possibly have other impact (bypassing terminal access control).

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-lxterminal

References

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