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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2012-0943

CVE-2012-0943

Description

debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.

Affected products

14
  • Robert Ancell/Lightdm13 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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