MGASA-2013-0286

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    MGASA-2013-0286

    Published: 19 Sept 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4331

    Summary: Updated lightdm package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: lightdm before 1.4.3, 1.6.2 and 1.7.14 created .Xauthority files with world-readable permissions (CVE-2013-4331). Additionally, an issue where a user logged into a graphical desktop environment through lightdm would lose privleges to local devices (such as the sound card) when using the 'su' command has been fixed.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0286.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11219, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11071, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/11/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lightdm

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/lightdm?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.3-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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