DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093
Upstream
Published
2020-02-21T19:15:11.150Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:07:45.498005Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The init script in the Debian x11-common package before 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xorg

Package

Name
xorg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xorg?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.6+12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093.json"

Debian:12 / xorg

Package

Name
xorg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xorg?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.6+12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093.json"

Debian:13 / xorg

Package

Name
xorg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xorg?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.6+12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093.json"

Debian:14 / xorg

Package

Name
xorg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xorg?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.6+12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093.json"