CVE catalog
CVE-2016-3100
kinit: CVE-2016-3100
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 27, 2026
kinit in KDE Frameworks before 5.23.0 uses weak permissions (644) for /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y, which allows local users to obtain X11 cookies of other users and consequently capture keystrokes and possibly gain privileges by reading the file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kinit | sid | 5.116.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | kinit | forky | 5.116.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | kinit | trixie | 5.116.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | kinit | bookworm | 5.103.0-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | kinit | 16.04 | 5.15.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | kinit | 16.04 | 5.15.0-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | kinit | 16.04 | 5.18.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | kinit | 16.04 | 5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Suse | kinit | package hub 12 sp1 | 5.20.0-6.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kinit | source | sid | 5.23.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [827476] |
| Debian | kinit | source | forky | 5.23.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [827476] |
| Debian | kinit | source | trixie | 5.23.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [827476] |
| Debian | kinit | source | bookworm | 5.23.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [827476] |
| Ubuntu | kinit | deb | 16.04 | 5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3100 | Not reported |
| Suse | kinit | rpm | package hub 12 sp1 | 5.20.0-6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2217-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [kinit]Fixed
Details (2)
5.103.0-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · bookworm; dsa · kinit · debian · 12
5.103.0-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · bookworm; dsa · kinit · debian · 12
- [kinit-dev]Fixed
Source package: [kinit]
Details (2)
5.103.0-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · bookworm; dsa · kinit · debian · 12
5.103.0-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · bookworm; dsa · kinit · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [kinit]Fixed
Details (2)
5.116.0-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · 13
5.116.0-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · 13
- [kinit-dev]Fixed
Source package: [kinit]
Details (2)
5.116.0-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · 13
5.116.0-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.23.0-1dsa · kinit · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2016_2217-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3100]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2217-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3100]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3100]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-3100.json]
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