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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71728
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1398-1 (ldm)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to ldm
announced via advisory USN-1398-1.

Details:

Tenho Tuhkala discovered that the LTSP Display Manager (ldm) incorrectly
filtered keybindings. An attacker could use the default keybindings to
execute arbitrary commands as root at the login screen.

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
ldm 2:2.2.4-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
ldm 2:2.2.1-0ubuntu1.1

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1398-1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1166
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1398-1
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