USN-2186-1: Date and Time Indicator vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.10

Packages

• indicator-datetime - Simple clock

Details

It was discovered that the Date and Time Indicator incorrectly allowed
Evolution to be opened at the greeter screen. An attacker could use this
issue to possibly gain unexpected access to applications such as a web
browser with privileges of the greeter user.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10

• indicator-datetime - 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-7374