Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-14345 - Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in Sddm Project Sddm
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in SDDM through 0.17.0. If configured with ReuseSession=true, the password is not checked for users with an already existing session. Any user with access to the system D-Bus can therefore unlock any graphical session. This is related to daemon/Display.cpp and helper/backend/PamBackend.cpp.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Application | 12 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_F00ACDECB59F11E8805D001E2A3F778D.NASL description MITRE reports : An issue was discovered in SDDM through 0.17.0. If configured with ReuseSession=true, the password is not checked for users with an already existing session. Any user with access to the system D-Bus can therefore unlock any graphical session. The default configuration of SDDM on FreeBSD is not affected, since it has ReuseSession=false. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117443 published 2018-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117443 title FreeBSD : X11 Session -- SDDM allows unauthorised unlocking (f00acdec-b59f-11e8-805d-001e2a3f778d) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(117443); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:47"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-14345"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : X11 Session -- SDDM allows unauthorised unlocking (f00acdec-b59f-11e8-805d-001e2a3f778d)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "MITRE reports : An issue was discovered in SDDM through 0.17.0. If configured with ReuseSession=true, the password is not checked for users with an already existing session. Any user with access to the system D-Bus can therefore unlock any graphical session. The default configuration of SDDM on FreeBSD is not affected, since it has ReuseSession=false." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14345/" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/f00acdec-b59f-11e8-805d-001e2a3f778d.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e26ba01b" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:sddm"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/08/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"sddm<0.17.0_1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-862.NASL description This update for sddm fixes the following issues : The following security vulnerability was addressed : - CVE-2018-14345: Fixed the authentication, which did not check the password for users with an already existing session and allowed any user with access to the system bus to unlock any graphical session. (boo#1101450) The following other bugs were addressed : - Fallback to embedded theme, if none is set - Corrected section name for Wayland - Removed patch, which is no longer needed, because bug in libxcb was fixed in the meanwhile (boo#1099908) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-08-14 plugin id 111670 published 2018-08-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111670 title openSUSE Security Update : sddm (openSUSE-2018-862) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2018-862. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(111670); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-14345"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : sddm (openSUSE-2018-862)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-862 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update for sddm fixes the following issues : The following security vulnerability was addressed : - CVE-2018-14345: Fixed the authentication, which did not check the password for users with an already existing session and allowed any user with access to the system bus to unlock any graphical session. (boo#1101450) The following other bugs were addressed : - Fallback to embedded theme, if none is set - Corrected section name for Wayland - Removed patch, which is no longer needed, because bug in libxcb was fixed in the meanwhile (boo#1099908)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099908" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101450" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected sddm packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-branding-openSUSE"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-branding-upstream"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/08/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/08/14"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.0", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-branding-openSUSE-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-branding-upstream-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-debuginfo-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-debugsource-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sddm / sddm-branding-openSUSE / sddm-branding-upstream / etc"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-594.NASL description This update for sddm fixes the following issues : The following security vulnerability was addressed : - CVE-2018-14345: Fixed the authentication, which did not check the password for users with an already existing session and allowed any user with access to the system bus to unlock any graphical session. 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(boo#1101450) The following other bugs were addressed : - Fallback to embedded theme, if none is set - Corrected section name for Wayland - Removed patch, which is no longer needed, because bug in libxcb was fixed in the meanwhile (boo#1099908)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099908" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101450" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected sddm packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-branding-openSUSE"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-branding-upstream"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/07/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.0", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-branding-openSUSE-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-branding-upstream-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-debuginfo-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sddm-debugsource-0.17.0-lp150.9.3.1") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sddm / sddm-branding-openSUSE / sddm-branding-upstream / etc"); }