CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-4029
1.9 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-07-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
The LockServer function in os/utils.c in X.Org xserver before 1.11.2 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 444, read those files, and possibly cause a denial of service (removed execution permission) via a symlink attack on a temporary lock file.
Affected configurations
• x.org x server (<= 1.11.1)
• x.org x server 1.11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=b67581cf825940fdf52bf2e0af4330e695d724a4 Patch
- 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=b67581cf825940fdf52bf2e0af4330e695d724a4 Patch
- 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