This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1
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lightdm (1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1) raring-security; urgency=low
* SECURITY UPDATE: wrong permissions on .Xauthority file (LP: #1175023)
- debian/patches/07_xauthority_perms.patch: use g_open instead of
g_file_set_contents in src/xauthority.c.
- debian/patches/08_xauthority_fix_perms.patch: fix incorrect
permissions left behind by previous versions in src/xauthority.c.
- CVE-2013-4331
-- Marc Deslauriers <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:00:21
-0400
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Raring)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-4331
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Title:
.Xauthority.****** files polluting $Home
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “lightdm” source package in Raring:
Fix Released
Status in “lightdm” source package in Saucy:
Fix Released
Bug description:
.Xauthority.****** files polluting $Home. Where '*'s are random
capital alphabets and numbers of exactly 6 charater length. In Ubuntu
12.04 it was '.goutputstream' polluting $HOME, so may be it's some how
related to bug 984785.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 1 08:45:31 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 i386
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade ( fresh install)
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