UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0856

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0856

    Published: 24 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0856

    Summary:

    Details: daemon/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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0856, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0856

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sddm

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.13.0-1ubuntu5

    Affected versions

    0.11.0-0ubuntu11
    0.11.0-0ubuntu12

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High