CVE-2012-1093
Published: 21 February 2020
The init script in the Debian x11-common package before 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
xorg Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needed
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | xorg server is actually the xorg-server package the xorg package only contains docs |