LightDM through 1.22.0, when systemd is used in Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.x, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended AppArmor restrictions and visit the home directories of arbitrary users by establishing a guest session.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17840 LightDM through 1.22.0, when systemd is used in Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.x, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended AppArmor restrictions and visit the home directories of arbitrary users by establishing a guest session.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3285-1 LightDM vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.897Z

Reserved: 2017-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8900

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-12T07:29:00.233

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8900

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