CVE-2014-0979
N/A
Published: January 23, 2014 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSELightdm Gtk+ Greeter
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56211
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56423
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/56211Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/56423Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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