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CVE-2013-4169

Publication date 10 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gdm 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

only affected < 2.21.1