Ubuntu Update for lightdm USN-1399-2

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Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1399-2
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Ryan Lortie discovered that a guest session script bundled in the Light Display Manager package improperly cleaned out certain guest session files. A local attacker could use this issue to delete arbitrary files.
Affected
lightdm on Ubuntu 11.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Low Severity
Classification
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