USN-4533-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2020-09-22 20:02 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
ldm vulnerabilities
Details

Veeti Veteläinen discovered that the LTSP Display Manager (ldm) incorrectly handled user logins from unsupported shells. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain root privileges. (CVE-2019-20373)


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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ldm",
            "binary_version": "2:2.18.06-1+deb10u1build0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ldm-server",
            "binary_version": "2:2.18.06-1+deb10u1build0.20.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "ldm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ldm@2:2.18.06-1+deb10u1build0.20.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:2.18.06-1+deb10u1build0.20.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:2.18.06-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Veeti Vetel\u00e4inen discovered that the LTSP Display Manager (ldm)\nincorrectly handled user logins from unsupported shells. A local attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to gain root privileges. (CVE-2019-20373)\n",
  "id": "USN-4533-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:56Z",
  "published": "2020-09-22T20:02:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4533-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1839431"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "ldm vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": []
}



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