daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86 | Vendor Advisory |
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement | Vendor Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2015-11-24 20:59
Updated : 2024-02-28 15:21
NVD link : CVE-2015-0856
Mitre link : CVE-2015-0856
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-0856
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Products Affected
sddm_project
- sddm
fedoraproject
- fedora
CWE
CWE-264
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