CVE-2017-8900

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 12, 2017
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: May 11, 2017

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

98554vdb-entry
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3285-1/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-8900.html
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1663157

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