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CVE-2012-0943

Published: May 22, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0943
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LightdmRobert_ancell1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.1.0 (including)1.1.0 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.1.2 (including)1.1.2 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.1.3 (including)1.1.3 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.1.4 (including)1.1.4 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.1.5 (including)1.1.5 (including)
LightdmRobert_ancell1.1.6 (including)1.1.6 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical11.10 (including)11.10 (including)
Gdm-guest-sessionUbuntulucid*
Gdm-guest-sessionUbuntumaverick*
Gdm-guest-sessionUbuntunatty*
Gdm-guest-sessionUbuntuoneiric*
LightdmUbuntudevel*
LightdmUbuntuoneiric*
LightdmUbuntuprecise*
LightdmUbuntuquantal*
LightdmUbunturaring*

References

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