Executive Summary

Summary
Title Light Display Manager vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1950-1 First vendor Publication 2013-09-12
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-09-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04

Summary:

Light Display Manager could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description: - 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:
lightdm 1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1950-1
CVE-2013-4331

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1950-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18878
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18878
Title: USN-1950-1 -- lightdm vulnerability
Description: Light Display Manager could be made to expose sensitive information.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1950-1
CVE-2013-4331
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.04
Product(s): lightdm
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 19

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-09-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1950-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:02:27
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-03 21:24:34
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-02 13:22:16
  • Multiple Updates
2013-09-12 21:19:29
  • First insertion