debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0966 debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1399-1 gdm-guest-session vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1399-2 Light Display Manager vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:45:25.953Z

Reserved: 2012-02-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-0943

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-05-22T23:55:02.830

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2012-0943

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