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CVE-2012-6648 Details

Description

gdm/guest-session-cleanup.sh in gdm-guest-session 0.24 and earlier, as used in Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2012-0943 per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-0943 is used for the guest-account issue.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044 CVE
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96474113/gdm-guest-session.secure-cleanup.debdiff CVE
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1399-1 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044 [email protected]
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96474113/gdm-guest-session.secure-cleanup.debdiff [email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gdm-guest-session project gdm-guest-session
<= 0.24
0.20
0.21
0.22
0.23

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
10.04 -
10.10
11.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6648
NVD Published Date:
May 22, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-6648 Details - Not Deferred