CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8308

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 24, 2017 | Modified: Aug 30, 2017
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH

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

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Lxdm Lxdm_project * 0.5.1 (including)
Lxdm Ubuntu artful *
Lxdm Ubuntu precise *
Lxdm Ubuntu trusty *
Lxdm Ubuntu upstream *
Lxdm Ubuntu vivid *
Lxdm Ubuntu wily *
Lxdm Ubuntu yakkety *
Lxdm Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References