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USN-1950-1: Light Display Manager vulnerability

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USN-1950-1: Light Display Manager vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/01/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Light Display Manager (aka LightDM) 1.4.x before 1.4.3, 1.6.x before 1.6.2, and 1.7.x before 1.7.14 uses 0664 permissions for the temporary .Xauthority file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lightdm

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