USN-1624-1: Remote Login Service vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1624-1
5th November, 2012
remote-login-service vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
Summary
Remote Login Service could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software description
- remote-login-service - Service to track the remote servers to use
Details
It was discovered that Remote Login Service incorrectly purged account
information when switching users. A local attacker could use this issue to
possibly obtain sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.10:
- remote-login-service 1.0.0-0ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.