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Ubuntu 13.04 : lightdm vulnerability (USN-1950-1)

Ubuntu 13.04: Light Display Manager creates incorrect permissions in .Xauthority file

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Fedora Update for lightdm FEDORA-2013-16381
3 Oct 201300:00
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Fedora Update for lightdm FEDORA-2013-16388
18 Sep 201300:00
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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1950-1)
18 Sep 201300:00
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OpenVAS
Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2013-0286)
28 Jan 202200:00
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OpenVAS
Fedora Update for lightdm FEDORA-2013-16381
3 Oct 201300:00
openvas
OpenVAS
Fedora Update for lightdm FEDORA-2013-16388
18 Sep 201300:00
openvas
OpenVAS
Ubuntu Update for lightdm USN-1950-1
18 Sep 201300:00
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Debian CVE
CVE-2013-4331
2 Feb 201400:55
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Design/Logic Flaw
2 Feb 201400:55
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securityvulns
[USN-1950-1] Light Display Manager vulnerability
3 Oct 201300:00
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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1950-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(69862);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4331");
  script_bugtraq_id(62329);
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"1950-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 13.04 : lightdm vulnerability (USN-1950-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that Light Display Manager created .Xauthority files
with incorrect permissions. A local attacker could use this flaw to
bypass access restrictions.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/1950-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected lightdm package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lightdm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/02/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/09/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(13\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 13.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"13.04", pkgname:"lightdm", pkgver:"1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "lightdm");
}

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13 Sep 2013 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS22.1
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