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CVE-2011-3154

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Description

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published4/17/2014

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxcanonical:update-manager

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/47024(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1284-1(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/881541(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/47024(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1284-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/881541(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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