MGASA-2015-0429

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    MGASA-2015-0429

    Published: 5 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0856

    Summary: Updated sddm packages fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Pavel Avgustinov discovered that SDDM does not disable the KDE crash handler, and certain themes would allow shell access to the sddm user as a result in case of a crash (CVE-2015-0856). Only SDDM users using the Breeze theme from plasma-workspace are affected.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0429.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16966, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sddm

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/sddm?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.11.0-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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