CVE-2011-4028

CVSS V2 Low 1.2 CVSS V3 None

Description

The LockServer function in os/utils.c in X.Org xserver before 1.11.2 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary lock file, which is handled differently if the file exists.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2011-4028

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2012-07-03T19:55:01

Last Modified Date
2020-08-24T17:14:32

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server::::::::	1	OR		1.11.1
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.11.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
1.2

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
1.9

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49579	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-October/053680.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46460	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4028
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4028

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:18:52				Added to TrackCVE