The LockServer function in os/utils.c in X.Org xserver before 1.11.2 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 444, read those files, and possibly cause a denial of service (removed execution permission) via a symlink attack on a temporary lock file.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | xorg-x11-server | 2012-07-05 16:24 | ALAS-2012-104 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |