CVE - CVE-2014-0979

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-0979	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:64679 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679 CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303 FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-1647 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-1648 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20140107 Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereference URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15 SECUNIA:56211 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/56211 SECUNIA:56423 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/56423 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0071 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140107	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140107)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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