Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.6 | 
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | 
| Access Vector | Local | 
| Access Complexity | Low | 
| Authentication | None | 
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | 
| Integrity Impact | Partial | 
| Availability Impact | Partial | 
SUSE Security Advisories:
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0354-1
 
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References | 
|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 15.0 | 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA liblightdm-gobject-1-0-1.24.1-lp150.1.1  | 
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10033  | 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:26:49 2013CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 19:44:29 2025