CVE-2014-0979 | BDVDB-2026-59576 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56211
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56423
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.