Description
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/927060
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00019.html
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745339
Exploit mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/566
Exploit mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/557
Scores
EPSS
0.0047
EPSS Percentile
37.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (42)
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.0.1
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.0.2
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.0.3
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.0.4
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.1.0
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.1.1
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.1.2
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.2.0
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.2.1
robert_ancell/lightdm
0.2.2
... and 32 more
Published
Oct 27, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026