CVE-2015-8308 – LXDM before 0.5.2 did not start X server with -auth, which allows local u

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

 

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8308

Reference (s):

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284460
• MLIST:[oss-security] 20151120 Re: LXDM X authentication issues
• URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/20/6