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TITLE:
LightDM "~/.dmrc" Privilege Escalation Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46868

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-16

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in LightDM, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated
privileges.

The security issue is caused due to LightDM handling the "~/.dmrc"
file as a root user, which can be exploited to read arbitrary files
via symlink attacks.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.6. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Marc Deslauriers in an Ubuntu bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/883865

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