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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-0871

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-0871

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/18/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

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/.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-systemd
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-debuginfo-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-sysvinit

References

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