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

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H