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title: "CVE-2012-2737\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2737

Publication date 28 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| accountsservice | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.6.15-2ubuntu10 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.6.15-2ubuntu9.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.2 |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2737?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| accountsservice | * Upstream:   [?id=262](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5) * Upstream:   [?id=bd5](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721) * Upstream:   [?id=4c5](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2737)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2737)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2737)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2737)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1485-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1485-1)
+ AccountsService vulnerability
+ 28 June 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2737>