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.
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Published : 2014-01-23 01:55
Updated : 2024-02-04 18:35
NVD link : CVE-2014-0979
Mitre link : CVE-2014-0979
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-0979
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Products Affected
lightdm_gtk\+_greeter_project
- lightdm_gtk\+_greeter
opensuse
- opensuse
CWE