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CVE-2011-3153 Details

Description

dmrc.c in Light Display Manager (aka LightDM) before 1.1.1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.dmrc.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk/revision/1299	CVE
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/883865	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1	CVE
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk/revision/1299	[email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/883865	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1	[email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
canonical ubuntu linux	11.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
robert ancell lightdm	<= 1.1.0 0.0.1 0.0.2 0.0.3 0.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.9.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.11:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 6, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]