DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2737
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737
Upstream
Published
2012-07-22T17:55:02Z
Modified
2026-09-05T06:47:42Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737.json"

Debian:13 / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737.json"

Debian:14 / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737.json"