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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-44deee4d7a
2015-11-01 01:51:21.180829
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Name        : lxdm
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 0.5.1
Release     : 7.D20151007gite8f38708.fc23
URL         : http://www.lxde.org/
Summary     : Lightweight X11 Display Manager
Description :
LXDM is the future display manager of LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop
environment. It is designed as a lightweight alternative to replace GDM or
KDM in LXDE distros. It's still in very early stage of development.

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Update Information:

A bug is reported that session opened via LXDM allows any local users to connect
X.  This new package should fix this issue.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1268900 - lxdm: X server started without -auth, exposing it to connections form any local user
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268900
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update lxdm' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 23: lxdm Security Update 2015-44deee4d7a

November 1, 2015
A bug is reported that session opened via LXDM allows any local users to connect X

Summary

LXDM is the future display manager of LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop

environment. It is designed as a lightweight alternative to replace GDM or

KDM in LXDE distros. It's still in very early stage of development.

Update Information:

A bug is reported that session opened via LXDM allows any local users to connect X. This new package should fix this issue.

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1268900 - lxdm: X server started without -auth, exposing it to connections form any local user https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268900

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update lxdm' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : lxdm
Product : Fedora 23
Version : 0.5.1
Release : 7.D20151007gite8f38708.fc23
URL : http://www.lxde.org/
Summary : Lightweight X11 Display Manager

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