DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0856

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0856
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0856.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0856
Upstream
Published
2015-11-24T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:48:10.391278Z
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sddm

Package

Name
sddm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sddm?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / sddm

Package

Name
sddm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sddm?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / sddm

Package

Name
sddm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sddm?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / sddm

Package

Name
sddm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sddm?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}