PT-2014-2213 · Canonical · Light Display Manager

Ryan Lortie · Published 2014-05-22 · Updated 2014-05-30 · CVE-2012-0943

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Light Display Manager (lightdm) versions 1.0.x through 1.0.5 Light Display Manager (lightdm) versions 1.1.x through 1.1.6

Description The issue allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp.

Recommendations For Light Display Manager (lightdm) versions 1.0.x through 1.0.5, update to version 1.0.6 or later. For Light Display Manager (lightdm) versions 1.1.x through 1.1.6, update to version 1.1.7 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0943

Affected Products

Light Display Manager

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/36966 · Exploit
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1399-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0943 · Security Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044 · Note
• https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96471251/lightdm.secure-cleanup.debdiff · Note