VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-0979
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…
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · lightdm gtk\+ greeter project/lightdm gtk\+ greeter
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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/56211Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56423Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
- 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/56211Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56423Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.