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lightdm: information leak

Package(s):lightdm CVE #(s):CVE-2013-4331
Created:September 13, 2013 Updated:September 19, 2013
Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

It was discovered that Light Display Manager created .Xauthority files with incorrect permissions. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass access restrictions.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1950-1 2013-09-12
Fedora FEDORA-2013-16388 2013-09-16
Mageia MGASA-2013-0286 2013-09-19
Fedora FEDORA-2013-16381 2013-09-26
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