CVE-2017-15131

gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy

Published Jan 9, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6592 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:50 PM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 9, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:07 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 12, 2017, 12:00 AM