Re: CVE request: init script x11-common creates directories in insecure manners

[Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>]

On 02/28/2012 10:55 AM, vladz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've reported a small vulnerability to Debian.  Due to an insecure file
> creation, a local user can gain root privileges right after the 
> "x11-common" service is started.
>
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661627
>
> Could you allocate CVE id for this issue?
>
> Thank you,
> vladz.

Please use CVE-2012-1093 for this issue.

P.S. is this Debian specific?

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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)