01 Record

CVE-2014-0979

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function,

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function,

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 34.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published: 2014-01-23 01:00Z12 YR AGO
Last updated: 2024-08-06 09:34Z2 YR AGO
Reserved: 2014-01-07
Assigning CNA: mitre
Record state: PUBLISHED
Severity: Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector: Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses: No CWE assigned
Data version: 5.1
Document digest: 69a4fe6f080777dfb1dcce224aa19ea10e98a880013daecd4887e58e43307136

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

lightdm_gtk+_greeter_projectlightdm_gtk+_greeterNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com64679http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64679vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-1648http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128150.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140107 Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereferencehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/15mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-1647http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128117.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0071http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com56211http://secunia.com/advisories/56211third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com56423http://secunia.com/advisories/56423third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

lightdm-gtk-greeter
Fixed in 1.6.1-5

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

lightdm-gtk-greeter
Fixed in 1.6.1-5

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

lightdm-gtk-greeter
Fixed in 1.6.1-5

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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