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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2013.0286
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2013-0286)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'lightdm' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0286 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'lightdm' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0286 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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 privileges to local devices (such as
the sound card) when using the 'su' command has been fixed.

Affected Software/OS:
'lightdm' package(s) on Mageia 3.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4331
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/%2Bbug/685212
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