CVE-2011-4105 (GCVE-0-2011-4105)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-02-17 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:01
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1
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