CVE-2011-3349 (GCVE-0-2011-3349)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-11-19 21:42
Modified
2024-08-06 23:29
Severity ?
CWE
  • Other
Summary
lightdm before 0.9.6 writes in .dmrc and Xauthority files using root permissions while the files are in user controlled folders. A local user can overwrite root-owned files via a symlink, which can allow possible privilege escalation.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
lightdm lightdm Version: before 0.9.6
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