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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2014· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2014-0979

CVE-2014-0979

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.

Affected products

17
  • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.7.0
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project:lightdm_gtk\+_greeter:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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