vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3255-1 (CVE-2017-7358): LightDM vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 4, 2017
Added
Jul 1, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

In LightDM through 1.22.0, a directory traversal issue in debian/guest-account.sh allows local attackers to own arbitrary directory path locations and escalate privileges to root when the guest user logs out.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-lightdm
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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