USN-1382-1: Light Display Manager vulnerability

Publication date

5 March 2012

Overview

Light Display Manager would allow unintended access to file descriptors.

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Details

Austin Clements discovered that Light Display Manager incorrectly leaked
file descriptors to child processes. A local attacker can use this to
bypass intended permissions and write to the log file, cause a denial of
service, or possibly have another unknown impact.

Austin Clements discovered that Light Display Manager incorrectly leaked
file descriptors to child processes. A local attacker can use this to
bypass intended permissions and write to the log file, cause a denial of
service, or possibly have another unknown impact.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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