CVE-2015-0856

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sddm_project:sddm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-11-24 20:59

Updated : 2016-11-17 12:31

NVD link : CVE-2015-0856

Mitre link : CVE-2015-0856

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-0856

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sddm_project

sddm

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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