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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6866
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
suckless-tools
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"41-1"}]}]
Debian:13
suckless-tools
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"41-1"}]}]
Debian:14
suckless-tools
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"41-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org