Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201409790000000
Revision Date:2014-01-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-0979 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-0979
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND lightdm-gtk-greeter package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '1.8.4-0ubuntu1').
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