USN-1950-1: Light Display Manager vulnerability
12 September 2013
Light Display Manager could be made to expose sensitive information.
Releases
Packages
- lightdm - Display Manager
Details
It was discovered that Light Display Manager created .Xauthority files with
incorrect permissions. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass
access restrictions.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.