PT-2015-7933 · Linux · Lxdm

Published 2015-10-25 · Updated 2015-10-25

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions lxdm (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises when using lxdm, as the X server is started without the -auth option, making it accessible to any local user.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

MGASA-2015-0411

Affected Products

Lxdm

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0411 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0411.html · Security Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16983 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268900 · Note