CVE-2011-3153
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2011-3153 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-03-06 15:55:28 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
NoneAvailability
NoneAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 11.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 0.9.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | 1.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Robert Ancell | Lightdm | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug #883865 “lightdm doesn't drop privileges when reading ~/.dmr...” : Bugs : “lightdm” package : Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.launchpad.net | |
| ~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk : revision 1299 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bazaar.launchpad.net | |
| USN-1262-1: Light Display Manager vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.