CVE-2012-1111
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.6
Description
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.0.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.0.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.0.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.0.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.0.9-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| robert_ancell | lightdm | {"endIncluding":"1.0.8"} | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.0.1 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.0.2 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.0.3 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.0.4 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.1.0 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.1.1 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.1.2 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.2.0 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.2.1 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.2.2 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.2.3 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.3.0 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.3.1 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.3.2 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.3.3 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.3.4 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.3.5 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.3.6 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.4.0 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.4.1 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.4.2 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.4.3 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.4.4 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.0 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.1 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.2 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.3 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.4 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.5 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.6 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.7 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 0.9.8 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.0 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.1 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.2 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.3 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.4 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.5 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.6 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.10 | |
| robert_ancell | lightdm | 1.0.11 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00019.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/557
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/566
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/927060
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745339
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1111
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.