CVE-2012-2737

Publication date 28 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
accountsservice	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.6.15-2ubuntu10
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.6.15-2ubuntu9.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.2
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
accountsservice	Upstream: ?id=262 Upstream: ?id=bd5 Upstream: ?id=4c5

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1485-1
AccountsService vulnerability
28 June 2012

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2737