CVE-2011-4028

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-10-18
Bugzilla:
745755: CVE-2011-4028 xorg-x11-server: File existence disclosure vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2011-4028 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2012:0939 2012-06-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2012:0303 2012-02-21

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 xorg-x11 Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank researcher with a nickname vladz for reporting this issue.

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