qtnx 0.9 stores non-custom SSH keys in a world-readable configuration file. If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.
Weakness
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtnx | Qtnx_project | 0.9 (including) | 0.9 (including) |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Qtnx | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916