CVE-2015-0856

NameCVE-2015-0856
Descriptiondaemon/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs803336

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
sddmsource(unstable)0.12.0-5low803336

Notes

https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593

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