CVE-2011-4028

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.

🔗 References (10)

• cve@mitrehttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-October/053680.html
• cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/46460
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/49579
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-October/053680.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46460
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49579