PT-2012-1802 · Canonical · Lightdm

Published 2012-02-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2011-4105

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LightDM versions prior to 1.0.6

Description The issue allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.Xauthority file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.6, update to version 1.0.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4105

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10033-1

Affected Products

Lightdm

References · 14

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4105 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4105 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10033-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4105 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4105 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1111 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4105 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3153 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3349 · Note
• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10 · Note