CVE-2012-2737
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
22/07/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
1.90
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.6.21 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html
- http://osvdb.org/83398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49759
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html
- http://osvdb.org/83398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49759
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967