Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-6648
gdm/guest-session-cleanup.sh in gdm-guest-session 0.24 and earlier, as used in Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2012-0943 per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-0943 is used for the guest-account issue.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 18.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1399-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96474113/gdm-guest-session.secure-cleanup.debdiff
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1399-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96474113/gdm-guest-session.secure-cleanup.debdiff
Products affected by CVE-2012-6648
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cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:*
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cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.20
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cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.21
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cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.22
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cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.23
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04