CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8316
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-129
Description
Array index error in LightDM (aka Light Display Manager) 1.14.3, 1.16.x before 1.16.6 when the XDMCP server is enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an XDMCP request packet with no address.
Affected configurations
• lightdm project lightdm 1.14.3
• lightdm project lightdm 1.16
• lightdm project lightdm 1.16.1
• lightdm project lightdm 1.16.2
• lightdm project lightdm 1.16.3
• lightdm project lightdm 1.16.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1 Mailing List, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284574 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1 Mailing List, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284574 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry