MGASA-2020-0412

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0412.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0412.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2020-0412
Related
Published
2020-11-10T15:20:00Z
Modified
2020-11-10T13:39:53Z
Summary
Updated sddm package fixes a security vulnerability
Details

Fabian Vogt discovered a flaw in sddm before 0.19.0. A local attacker can take advantage of a race condition when creating the Xauthority file to escalate privileges (CVE-2020-28049).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:7 / sddm

Package

Name
sddm
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/sddm?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.18.1-3.1.mga7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}