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CVE-2015-0856
Published: Nov 24, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
77099
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
FEDORA-2015-9f996ea146
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20151014 CVE-2015-0856: sddm does not prevent access to the KDE crash handler
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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