Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereference

[cve-assign () mitre org]

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> it is trivial to crash
> lightdm-gtk-greeter by entering an empty username due to a NULL
> pointer dereference. When a greeter crashes the lightdm daemon
> exits.
> This constitutes a local denial of service which can be triggered
> by any unprivileged attacker requiring the intervention of an
> administrator to restart lightdm.

Use CVE-2014-0979.

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