Access Restriction Bypass Affecting lightdm package, versions <1.1.7-0ubuntu2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIGHTDM-368025
  • published22 May 2014
  • disclosed22 May 2014

Introduced: 22 May 2014

CVE-2012-0943  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 lightdm to version 1.1.7-0ubuntu2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lightdm package and not the lightdm package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1