CVE-2015-8308

LXDM before 0.5.2 did not start X server with -auth, which allows local users to bypass authentication with X connections.

• CWE-287

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/20/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284460Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/20/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284460Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Aug 24, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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