CVE-2013-4459

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account.

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 11 years ago

2013-11-23 18:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-11-25 19:11:00

Affected Software

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.5

1.7.5

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.6

1.7.6

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.7

1.7.7

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.8

1.7.8

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.9

1.7.9

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.10

1.7.10

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.11

1.7.11

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.12

1.7.12

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.13

1.7.13

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.14

1.7.14

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.15

1.7.15

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.16

1.7.16

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.17

1.7.17

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.7.18

1.7.18

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.8.0

1.8.0

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.8.1

1.8.1

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.8.2

1.8.2

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.8.3

1.8.3

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.9.0

1.9.0

Robert Ancell LightDM (Light Display Manager) 1.9.1

1.9.1

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10

13.10

References

[LightDM] 20131030 lightdm 1.9.2 released

[LightDM] 20131031 lightdm 1.8.4 released

USN-2012-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/1243339

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