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authorMike DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com>2015-02-08 19:16:38 -0500
committerMike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>2015-02-14 16:14:31 +0100
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Fix CVE-2011-4028: File disclosure vulnerability. upstream xorg/xserver commit 6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34
use O_NOFOLLOW to open the existing lock file, so symbolic links aren't followed, thus avoid revealing if it point to an existing file.
Diffstat (limited to 'nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os')
-rw-r--r--nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c
index 9b2431af7..79e49d5b1 100644
--- a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c
+++ b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ LockServer(void)
/*
* Read the pid from the existing file
*/
- lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY);
+ lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY|O_NOFOLLOW);
if (lfd < 0) {
unlink(tmp);
FatalError("Can't read lock file %s\n", LockFile);