PT-2014-2136 · Canonical · Lightdm

Marc Deslauriers + 1 · Published 2014-03-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2011-3153

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Light Display Manager (LightDM) versions prior to 1.1.1

Description The issue allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.dmrc file. This is due to a flaw in the dmrc.c component of LightDM.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.1, update to version 1.1.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ~/.dmrc file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3153

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10033-1

Affected Products

Lightdm

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10033-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3153 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3153 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3349 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1111 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4105 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3153 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/883865 · Note
• http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk/revision/1299 · Note