CVE-2011-4613

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4613
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-05 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 16:52:00 UTC
DescriptionThe X.Org X wrapper (xserver-wrapper.c) in Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu Linux does not properly verify the TTY of a user who is starting X, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by associating stdin with a file that is misinterpreted as the console TTY.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux All All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Linux All All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Linux All All All All
Application X.org X Server - All All All
Application X.org X Server - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2364-1 xorg DEBIAN www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
#652249 - bypass default security level of the X wrapper - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Vendor Advisory
USN-1349-1: X.Org vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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