vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-6866: suckless-tools -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 20, 2016 | Mar 31, 2017 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 20, 2016
Added
Mar 31, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
Solution
debian-upgrade-suckless-tools
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