Simple Desktop Display Manager up to 0.9.x missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simple Desktop Display Manager up to 0.9.x. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2014-7271. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simple Desktop Display Manager up to 0.9.x. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to log in as user "sddm" without authentication.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2014. The weakness was shared 03/08/2018 by Marcus Meissner (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7271 since 10/01/2014. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78752 (Fedora 21 : sddm-0.9.0-2.20141007git6a28c29b.fc21 (2014-12442)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (78752) and SecurityFocus (BID 70767†). The entry VDB-114190 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 78752
Nessus Name: Fedora 21 : sddm-0.9.0-2.20141007git6a28c29b.fc21 (2014-12442)
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OpenVAS ID: 867280
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for sddm FEDORA-2014-12308
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Desktop Display Manager 0.10.0
Patch: github.com

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10/01/2014 🔍
10/01/2014 +0 days 🔍
10/08/2014 +7 days 🔍
10/30/2014 +22 days 🔍
10/31/2014 +1 days 🔍
03/08/2018 +1224 days 🔍
03/08/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/09/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/17/2023 +1806 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Marcus Meissner
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-7271 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-7271
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114189
X-Force: 20141001
SecurityFocus: 70767 - SDDM CVE-2014-7271 Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2018 07:46
Updated: 02/17/2023 10:56
Changes: 03/09/2018 07:46 (73), 01/11/2020 11:13 (4), 02/17/2023 10:56 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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