CVE-2016-10369

Publication date 8 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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).

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
lxterminal	17.04 zesty	Fixed 0.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.2.0-1ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.1.11-4ubuntu3.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
lxterminal	Upstream: https://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/lxterminal.git;a=commit;h=f99163c6ff8b2f57c5f37b1ce5d62cf7450d4648

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H