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CVE-2012-2737

The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check th

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Summary

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.

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References 14

securityfocus.com

cgit.freedesktop.org

secunia.com

ubuntu.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

osvdb.org

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

hermes.opensuse.org

openwall.com

lists.fedoraproject.org