CVE-2012-1093
Published: 21 February 2020
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | xorg server is actually the xorg-server package the xorg package only contains docs |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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xorg Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.7+19ubuntu7)
|
|
cosmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
utopic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
vivid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
wily |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
maverick |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
natty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
oneiric |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
quantal |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
raring |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
saucy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(1:7.6+12)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.7+12ubuntu1)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 7.8 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |