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The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.

 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/ghsa-3wgq-2r52-v65w GHSA-3wgq-2r52-v65w 2026-09-29T23:59:07.021645+00:00

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.

 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/gsd-2014-0979 gsd-2014-0979 2026-09-29T23:59:07.021681+00:00 gsd-2014-0979 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/ubuntu-cve-2014-0979 Withdrawn: UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0979 2026-09-29T23:59:07.021705+00:00

Withdrawn by the publisher.

Affected: Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: lightdm-gtk-greeter

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.