Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Light Display Manager vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1399-2 | First vendor Publication | 2012-03-13 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-03-13 |
| 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:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 11.10 Summary: Light Display Manager could be made to delete files as the administrator. Software Description: - lightdm: Display Manager Details: Ryan Lortie discovered that a guest session script bundled in the Light Display Manager package improperly cleaned out certain guest session files. A local attacker could use this issue to delete arbitrary files. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1399-2 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15279 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15279 | ||
| Title: | USN-1399-1 -- gdm-guest-session vulnerability | ||
| Description: | gdm-guest-session: gdm extension for guest session gdm-guest-session could be made to delete files as the administrator. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1399-1 CVE-2012-0943 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 | Product(s): | gdm-guest-session |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15427 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15427 | ||
| Title: | USN-1399-2 -- Light Display Manager vulnerability | ||
| Description: | lightdm: Display Manager Light Display Manager could be made to delete files as the administrator. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1399-2 CVE-2012-0943 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 11.10 | Product(s): | Light |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-03-16 | Name : Ubuntu Update for gdm-guest-session USN-1399-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1399_1.nasl |
| 2012-03-16 | Name : Ubuntu Update for lightdm USN-1399-2 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1399_2.nasl |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-03-14 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1399-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-03-14 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1399-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-05-24 00:24:31 |
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| 2014-05-23 05:25:37 |
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| 2014-02-17 11:59:51 |
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