CVE-2012-2737

Name	CVE-2012-2737
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	679429

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
accountsservice (PTS)	jessie	0.6.37-3	fixed
	stretch	0.6.43-1	fixed
	buster	0.6.45-2	fixed
	bullseye	0.6.55-3	fixed
	bookworm	22.08.8-6	fixed
	sid, trixie	23.13.9-6.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
accountsservice	source	(unstable)	0.6.21-6			679429

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=69b526a6cd4c078732068de2ba393cf9242a404b
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532