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gdm-guest-session: arbitrary file deletion

Package(s):

gdm-guest-session

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-0943

Created:

March 13, 2012

Updated:

March 14, 2012

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

Ryan Lortie discovered that gdm-guest-session improperly cleaned out certain guest session files. A local attacker could use this issue to delete arbitrary files.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1399-1	2012-03-13
Ubuntu	USN-1399-2	2012-03-13

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