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CVE-2012-0871
Published: Apr 18, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SUSE-SA:2012:001
vendor-advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795853
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747154
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79768
vdb-entry
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