CVE-2012-0871
CVE-2012-0871
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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/.
EPSS 0.4% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00030.html
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=fc3c1c6e091ea16ad5600b145201ec535bbb5d7c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795853
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747154
- http://www.osvdb.org/79768
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0871