CVE-2012-1093
The init script in the Debian x11-common package before 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 10.0 | 10.0.x |
| debian / x11-common | - | 1\:7.6\+12 |
- http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093
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