SB2020110432 - Race condition in sddm
Published: November 4, 2020 Updated: November 14, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020110432
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28049)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in SDDM before 0.19.0. It incorrectly starts the X server in a way that - for a short time period - allows local unprivileged users to create a connection to the X server without providing proper authentication. A local attacker can thus access X server display contents and, for example, intercept keystrokes or access the clipboard. This is caused by a race condition during Xauthority file creation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00031.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-28049
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/blob/v0.19.0/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/releases
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00009.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4783