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CVE-2014-0979
Published: Jan 23, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
64679
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
FEDORA-2014-1648
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20140107 Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereference
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
FEDORA-2014-1647
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
openSUSE-SU-2014:0071
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
56211
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
x_refsource_CONFIRM
56423
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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