Bug 985540 (CVE-2013-4143)

Summary:	CVE-2013-4143 xlockmore: NULL pointer dereference leads to crash and bypass of screen lock
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	adrian, jlieskov
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Fixed In Version:	xlockmore 5.43	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Vincent Danen 2013-07-17 17:34:55 UTC

It was reported [1],[2] that xlockmore 5.43 fixes a NULL pointer dereference in situations where the crypt() call fails (the release notes indicate this is possible with glibc starting with version 2.17 due to crypt() failures returning EINVAL with a NULL return in certain situations).  This could cause xlock to crash, which would allow for local users to obtain access to a locked desktop they would normally require a password to access.

A patch [3] is available.

This affects Fedora 19 as it provides glibc 2.17.  Earlier versions are not affected.


[1] http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/xlock/xlockmore.README
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/8
[3] http://sourceforge.net/projects/miscellaneouspa/files/glibc217/xlockmore-5.42-glibc217-crypt.diff

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2013-07-17 17:36:51 UTC

Created xlockmore tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-19 [bug 985542]

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-07-18 13:39:06 UTC

The CVE identifier of CVE-2013-4143 has been assigned to this issue:
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/18/6

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-07-30 17:49:45 UTC

xlockmore-5.43-1.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-08-05 23:29:59 UTC

xlockmore-5.43-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.