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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2014-0979
PUBLISHED
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Assigner-mitre
Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-23 Jan, 2014 | 01:00
Updated At-06 Aug, 2024 | 09:34
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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.

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VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
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CAPEC IDDescription
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References
HyperlinkResource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/56211
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/56423
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
Hyperlink: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
Hyperlink: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/56211
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/56423
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CVE Program Container
Affected Products
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
x_transferred
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
x_transferred
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/56211
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/56423
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/56211
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/56423
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
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