CVE-2014-7271 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-7271?

CVE-2014-7271 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 8 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to log in as user "sddm" without authentication.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7271?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Sddm Project Sddm.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7271?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2014-7271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7271, GHSA-p422-626h-2hv4.