{"id":"MGASA-2020-0412","summary":"Updated sddm package fixes a security vulnerability","details":"Fabian Vogt discovered a flaw in sddm before 0.19.0. A local attacker can take\nadvantage of a race condition when creating the Xauthority file to escalate\nprivileges (CVE-2020-28049).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:41:47.341796656Z","published":"2020-11-10T15:20:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-28049"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0412.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27565"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4783"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/04/2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sddm","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/sddm?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.18.1-3.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0412.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}