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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

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.

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Topics Covered

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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

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update access issue ubuntu indicator-datetime

Package Information

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

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