CVE-2015-0856

Publication date 24 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sddm	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
sddm	Upstream: 4cfed6b

References

MITRE
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Launchpad
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Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0856