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CVE-2012-2737

Published: 28 June 2012

The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
accountsservice
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

natty Ignored
(end of life)
oneiric
Released (0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.2)
precise
Released (0.6.15-2ubuntu9.1)
quantal
Released (0.6.15-2ubuntu10)
upstream
Released (0.6.22)
Patches:
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d