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Fedora 23: Critical SDDM Access Issue Fix - CVE-2015-0856

fedora
Calendar Grey October 31, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Uncover vital sddm security patch for Fedora resolving entry problem and enhancing overall system reliability.
sddm-0.12.0-5.fc23 - Security fix for CVE-2015-0856

Summary

SDDM is a modern display manager for X11 aiming to be fast, simple and

beautiful. It uses modern technologies like QtQuick, which in turn gives the

designer the ability to create smooth, animated user interfaces.

Update Information:

sddm-0.12.0-5.fc23 - Security fix for CVE-2015-0856

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora access issue sddm desktop manager

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1271992 - CVE-2015-0856 sddm: Access to the KDE crash handler https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271992

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update sddm' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: sddm
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 0.12.0
Release: 5.fc23
URL: https://github.com/sddm/sddm
Summary: QML based X11 desktop manager

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora access issue sddm desktop manager

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