Candidate: CVE-2016-6866
PublicDate: 2017-02-15 19:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6866
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/22
 http://s1m0n.dft-labs.eu/files/slock/
Description:
 slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an
 invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that slock incorrectly handled password hashes. An
 attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Notes:
 ratliff> for xenial and yakkety, the user must both disable pam and enable 
 ratliff> slock to be vulnerable
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by: Eric Pruitt
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [7.5 HIGH]

Patches_suckless-tools:
upstream_suckless-tools: released (40-1+deb8u2, 41-1)
precise_suckless-tools: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_suckless-tools: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_suckless-tools: released (40-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1)
trusty/esm_suckless-tools: DNE (trusty was released [40-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1])

vivid/stable-phone-overlay_suckless-tools: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_suckless-tools: DNE
xenial_suckless-tools: not-affected (42-1)
yakkety_suckless-tools: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_suckless-tools: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_suckless-tools: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_suckless-tools: not-affected (42-1)
cosmic_suckless-tools: not-affected (42-1)
devel_suckless-tools: not-affected (42-1)