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Fedora 27: Critical Update Lightdm Disables Guest Login CVE-2017-8900

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Lightdm security enhancement deactivates guest login by default and revamps spec file for Fedora 27, mitigating CVE-2017-8900.
- lightdm-1.24.0 - Disable guest login as system default preset (CVE-2017-8900) - Modernize spec-file

Summary

Lightdm is a display manager that:

* Is cross-desktop - supports different desktops

* Supports different display technologies

* Is lightweight - low memory usage and fast performance

- lightdm-1.24.0 - Disable guest login as system default preset (CVE-2017-8900)

- Modernize spec-file

[ 1 ] Bug #1488270 - lightdm-1.24.0 is available

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488270

su -c 'dnf upgrade lightdm' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 27
Version: 1.24.0
Release: 1.fc27
Summary: A cross-desktop Display Manager

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