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FKIE_CVE-2015-0856

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-11-24 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:21
Severity
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-AnnouncementVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-AnnouncementVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 22
sddm_project sddm *
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