Fedora 19 : lightdm-gtk-1.6.1-3.fc19 (2014-1648)

Fix potential denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: lightdm-gtk-1.6.1-3.fc19

A LightDM greeter that uses the GTK+ toolkit...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: lightdm-gtk-1.6.1-3.fc20

A LightDM greeter that uses the GTK+ toolkit...

CVE-2013-4331

CVE-2013-4331 affects LightDM (Light Display Manager) versions 1.4.x up to 1.4.3, 1.6.x up to 1.6.2, and 1.7.x up to 1.7.14. The issue is that the temporary .Xauthority file uses 0664 permissions, enabling local users to read it and obtain sensitive information. Reported in multiple sources (e.g....

MGASA-2014-0026 Updated lightdm-gtk-greeter fixes CVE-2014-0979

Updated lightdm-gtk-greeter package fixes security vulnerability: lightdm-gtk-greeter uses the lightdm-gobject API incorrectly and does not handle lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser returning NULL when the username of the previous authentication is invalid resulting in a NULL pointer dereference...

Updated lightdm-gtk-greeter fixes CVE-2014-0979

Updated lightdm-gtk-greeter package fixes security vulnerability: lightdm-gtk-greeter uses the lightdm-gobject API incorrectly and does not handle lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser returning NULL when the username of the previous authentication is invalid resulting in a NULL pointer dereference...

CVE-2014-0979

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0979

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

CVE-2014-0979

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

Null pointer dereference

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

CVE-2014-0979

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0979

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

CVE-2014-0979

CVE-2014-0979 affects LightDM GTK+ Greeter

CVE-2014-0979

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

CVE-2014-0979

The startauthentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdmgreetergetauthenticationuser function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an empty username...

CVE-2013-4459

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account...

Design/Logic Flaw

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account...

CVE-2013-4459

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account...

CVE-2013-4459

LightDM vulnerability CVE-2013-4459 affects LightDM 1.7.5–1.8.3 and 1.9.x prior to 1.9.2, where the AppArmor profile was not applied to the Guest account, allowing local users to bypass intended restrictions. Impact is local information exposure and a potential bypass of guest-restricted controls...

CVE-2013-4459

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account...