FKIE_CVE-2015-8316

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-06 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:34
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Array index error in LightDM (aka Light Display Manager) 1.14.3, 1.16.x before 1.16.6 when the XDMCP server is enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an XDMCP request packet with no address.
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1Mailing List, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284574Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1Mailing List, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284574Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
lightdm_project lightdm 1.14.3
lightdm_project lightdm 1.16
lightdm_project lightdm 1.16.1
lightdm_project lightdm 1.16.2
lightdm_project lightdm 1.16.3
lightdm_project lightdm 1.16.4
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