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USN-3285-1: LightDM vulnerability

12 May 2017

LightDM could allow unintended access to files.

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Details

Tyler Hicks discovered that LightDM did not confine the user session for guest
users. An attacker with physical access could use this issue to access files
and other resources that they should not be able to access. In the default
installation, this includes files in the home directories of other users on the
system. This update fixes the issue by disabling the guest session. It may be
re-enabled in a future update. Please see the bug referenced below for
instructions on how to manually re-enable the guest session.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04
Ubuntu 16.10

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