CVE-2011-0460

Publication date 16 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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Description

The init script in kbd, possibly 1.14.1 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/defkeymap.map.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kbd	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

may have been specific to the suse init script

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