UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8308

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8308
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8308.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8308
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:18Z
Published
2017-08-24T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:30.945009Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

LXDM before 0.5.2 did not start X server with -auth, which allows local users to bypass authentication with X connections.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / lxdm

Package

Name
lxdm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxdm@0.5.3-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-1

Affected versions

0.*
0.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lxdm",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lxdm-dbg",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lxdm-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8308.json"