Candidate: CVE-2011-3349
PublicDate: 2019-11-19 22:15:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3349
Description:
 lightdm before 0.9.6 writes in .dmrc and Xauthority files using root
 permissions while the files are in user controlled folders. A local user
 can overwrite root-owned files via a symlink, which can allow possible
 privilege escalation.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 tyhicks> The code is quite different, but it looks like the version in
          natty is affected
Bugs:
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_lightdm:
upstream_lightdm: released (0.9.6-1)
hardy_lightdm: DNE
lucid_lightdm: DNE
maverick_lightdm: DNE
natty_lightdm: ignored (reached end-of-life)
oneiric_lightdm: released (0.9.5-0ubuntu2)
precise_lightdm: not-affected (1.1.1-0ubuntu4)
quantal_lightdm: not-affected (1.1.1-0ubuntu4)
devel_lightdm: not-affected (1.1.1-0ubuntu4)