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.
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References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/56211 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/56423 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15 - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679 - | |
References | () https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303 - |
Information
Published : 2014-01-23 01:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:03
NVD link : CVE-2014-0979
Mitre link : CVE-2014-0979
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-0979
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Products Affected
opensuse
- opensuse
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project
- lightdm_gtk\+_greeter
CWE