PT-2017-7390 · Lxde · Lxdm

Martin Prpič · Published 2017-08-24 · Updated 2017-08-30 · CVE-2015-8308

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LXDM versions prior to 0.5.2

Description The issue allows local users to bypass authentication with X connections due to the lack of the -auth option when starting the X server.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.5.2, update to version 0.5.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-8308

Affected Products

Lxdm

References · 13

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8308 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8308 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8308 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8308 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8308 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8308 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8308 · Vendor Advisory
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0411.html · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/20/2 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268900 · Note
• http://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/lxdm.git;a=commitdiff;h=e8f387089e241360bdc6955d3e479450722dcea3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/20/6 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284460 · Note