CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-4028
1.2 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-07-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.2 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
The LockServer function in os/utils.c in X.Org xserver before 1.11.2 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary lock file, which is handled differently if the file exists.
Affected configurations
• x.org x server (<= 1.11.1)
• x.org x server 1.11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34 cgit.freedesktop.org
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-October/053680.html lists.freedesktop.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46460 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49579 Vendor Advisory
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34 cgit.freedesktop.org
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-October/053680.html lists.freedesktop.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46460 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49579 Vendor Advisory