ALT-PU-2016-1049-1
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2015-11-24
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
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.
Severity: MEDIUM (4.6)
References:
- FEDORA-2015-9f996ea146
- FEDORA-2015-9f996ea146
- [oss-security] 20151014 CVE-2015-0856: sddm does not prevent access to the KDE crash handler
- [oss-security] 20151014 CVE-2015-0856: sddm does not prevent access to the KDE crash handler
- 77099
- 77099
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement