Bug 1034209 (CVE-2013-4459) - CVE-2013-4459 lightdm: guest account restrictions bypass
Summary: CVE-2013-4459 lightdm: guest account restrictions bypass
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-4459
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1034212
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-11-25 12:39 UTC by Ratul Gupta
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:10 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-08-22 14:48:40 UTC
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Description Ratul Gupta 2013-11-25 12:39:24 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-4459 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2013-4459
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4459
Assigned: 20130612
Reference: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2013-October/000471.html
Reference: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2013-October/000472.html
Reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/1243339
Reference: UBUNTU:USN-2012-1
Reference: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2012-1

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account.
Comment 1 Ratul Gupta 2013-11-25 12:40:21 UTC 
Created lightdm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1034212]
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