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HistoryJan 23, 2014 - 1:55 a.m.

CVE-2014-0979

2014-01-2301:55:04
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
30
cve-2014-0979
lightdm
gtk+ greeter
denial of service
security vulnerability

CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

5.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
opensuseopensuseMatch12.2
OR
opensuseopensuseMatch12.3
OR
opensuseopensuseMatch13.1
Node
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterRange1.7.0
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.1.1
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.1.2
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.1.3
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.1.4
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.1.5
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.1.6
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.3.0
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.3.1
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.5.0
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.5.1
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.5.2
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.6.0
OR
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeterMatch1.6.1
VendorProductVersionCPE
opensuseopensuse12.2cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuseopensuse12.3cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuseopensuse13.1cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeter*cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeter1.1.1cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeter1.1.2cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeter1.1.3cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeter1.1.4cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeter1.1.5cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk\+_greeter1.1.6cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

5.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%