CVE-2012-0943

Published May 22, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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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
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:45 PM
Reserved
Feb 1, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 22, 2014, 11:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:38 PM