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Ubuntu 13.10: USN-2186-1 Moderate Access Issue on Indicator-Datetime

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The Date and Time Indicator would allow unintended access.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2186-1
April 30, 2014

indicator-datetime vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10

Summary:

The Date and Time Indicator would allow unintended access.

Software Description:
- indicator-datetime: Simple clock

Details:

It was discovered that the Date and Time Indicator incorrectly allowed
Evolution to be opened at the greeter screen. An attacker could use this
issue to possibly gain unexpected access to applications such as a web
browser with privileges of the greeter user.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
  indicator-datetime              13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2186-1
  CVE-2013-7374

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1


Ubuntu 13.10: USN-2186-1 Moderate Access Issue on Indicator-Datetime

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2014
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Safeguard your Ubuntu environment: mitigate the Date and Time Indicator flaw using this advisory.
The Date and Time Indicator would allow unintended access.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2186-1

CVE-2013-7374

April 30, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1

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