CVE-2011-4613 (GCVE-0-2011-4613)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-05 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09
VLAI
Summary
The X.Org X wrapper (xserver-wrapper.c) in Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu Linux does not properly verify the TTY of a user who is starting X, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by associating stdin with a file that is misinterpreted as the console TTY.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652249 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1349-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2364 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2011-12-15 00:00
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