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CVE-2011-4028 (GCVE-0-2011-4028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-03 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:54
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-O… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/46460 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/49579 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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