CVE-2015-8316

MEDIUM 5.9CVE-2015-8316 · Published 06/09/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-8316 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability affecting lightdm (lightdm project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lightdm lightdm_project	`= 1.14.3= 1.16= 1.16.1= 1.16.2= 1.16.3= 1.16.4`	No fix yet

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.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1 · Mailing List
bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831 · Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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