UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6866

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6866
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6866.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6866
Related
Published
2017-02-15T19:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:15Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / suckless-tools

Package

Name
suckless-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/suckless-tools@40-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
40-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

Other

38-2
40-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "40-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "suckless-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "40-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "suckless-tools-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / suckless-tools

Package

Name
suckless-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/suckless-tools@42-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
42-1

Affected versions

Other

40-1
41-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "42-1",
            "binary_name": "suckless-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "42-1",
            "binary_name": "suckless-tools-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}