CVE-2012-1111 (GCVE-0-2012-1111)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:45
VLAI?
Summary
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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