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Message-ID: <4EB16CE2.8030609@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:16:34 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [LightDM] Version 1.0.6 released
On 11/02/2011 09:54 AM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On mer., 2011-11-02 at 11:42 -0400, Robert Ancell wrote:
>> Fixes a security issue where using ~/.Xauthority as a symlink would
>> cause LightDM to set the destination of the link to user ownership.
>> All users of 1.0.4 or 1.0.5 should upgrade immediately.
>>
>> Overview of changes in lightdm 1.0.6
>>
>> * Use lchown for correcting ownership of ~/.Xauthority instead of chown
>
> Could a CVE be assigned for this?
>
> Regards,
Can you send me the link to this announcement so I can confirm it? Thanks.
--
-Kurt Seifried / Red Hat Security Response Team
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