CVE-2014-7272

NameCVE-2014-7272
DescriptionSimple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sddm (PTS)bullseye0.19.0-3fixed
bookworm0.19.0-5fixed
sid, trixie0.21.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sddmsourceexperimental0.11.0-1
sddmsource(unstable)0.11.0-2

Notes

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897788

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