From df4a3b7270539843ae76275485ca76efcdf361d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike DePaulo Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:16:38 -0500 Subject: Fix CVE-2011-4028: File disclosure vulnerability. upstream xorg/xserver commit 6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34 use O_NOFOLLOW to open the existing lock file, so symbolic links aren't followed, thus avoid revealing if it point to an existing file. --- nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os') diff --git a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c index 9b2431af7..79e49d5b1 100644 --- a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c +++ b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ LockServer(void) /* * Read the pid from the existing file */ - lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY); + lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY|O_NOFOLLOW); if (lfd < 0) { unlink(tmp); FatalError("Can't read lock file %s\n", LockFile); -- cgit v1.2.3