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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-6648

CVE-2012-6648

Description

gdm/guest-session-cleanup.sh in gdm-guest-session 0.24 and earlier, as used in Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2012-0943 per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-0943 is used for the guest-account issue.

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Affected products

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  • Gdm Guest Session Project/Gdm Guest Session5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.24
    • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gdm-guest-session_project:gdm-guest-session:0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/gdm-guest-sessionllm-create
    Range: <=0.24

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