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Debian: CVE-2015-8316: lightdm -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 6, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-lightdm
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