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Message #12244
[Bug 1051921] Re: lens-bar-keynavigation periodically writes to /tmp/wut.png
As can be seen in http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~unity-
team/unity/5.0/changes/2425?start_revid=2425, the commit was submitted
in revision 2423, but there have been no Unity 5 releases after that.
Is there going to be a last Unity 5 release, or is 5.20 the last one?
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Title:
lens-bar-keynavigation periodically writes to /tmp/wut.png
Status in Unity:
Fix Released
Status in Unity 5.0 series:
Fix Released
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “unity” source package in Precise:
Triaged
Bug description:
[Impact]
* Style::SquareButton writes a small png to /tmp/wut.png
* If a user creates /tmp/wut.png as a symlink to some file on the system writeable by the owner of the unity process, then he/she can destroy that file.
[Test Case]
* log out
* log in with the upgraded package
* open the terminal application using control-alt-T, ensure the terminal is focused
* invoke the HUD by pressing the Alt key and typing f (the HUD menu selection 'drop
down' must appear to trigger the png file write)
* check for presence of "/tmp/wut.png"
[Regression Potential]
* n/a
[Other Info]
* Marc Deslauriers from the security team said it isn't a problem on
Ubuntu because we have symlink restrictions (in this case part of the
Yama LSM [1]).
* We believe, not everyone is necessarily running Yama LSM.
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