cve-2011-4028
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-07-03 19:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:54
Severity ?
Summary
The LockServer function in os/utils.c in X.Org xserver before 1.11.2 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary lock file, which is handled differently if the file exists.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-October/053680.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/46460Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/49579Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-October/053680.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46460Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49579Vendor Advisory
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