CVE-2014-0979
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 23, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 7, 2014
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 64679vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2014-1648vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
- [oss-security] 20140107 Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereferencemailing-list
- FEDORA-2014-1647vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0071vendor-advisory
- 56211third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
- 56423third-party-advisory
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