Bug#625528: kdm-greeter segfauklt with some /etc/passwd files
Package: kdm
Version: 4:4.4.5-9
Severity: normal
When using NIS passwords in compat mode and restricting access as
follows, kdm-greeter segfaults.
The form of /etc/passwd is
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh
Debian-exim:x:101:103::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false
statd:x:102:65534::/var/lib/nfs:/bin/false
sshd:x:103:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
messagebus:x:104:106::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
haldaemon:x:105:111:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false
davfs2:x:106:115::/var/cache/davfs2:/bin/false
avahi:x:107:116:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
dovecot:x:109:118:Dovecot mail server,,,:/usr/lib/dovecot:/bin/false
ntp:x:110:121::/home/ntp:/bin/false
postfix:x:113:122::/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false
usbmux:x:115:46:usbmux daemon,,,:/home/usbmux:/bin/false
+edavid
+:*::::::/bin/false
Allowing the edavid user from NIS but not the others. It works for
login, but kdm-greeter segfaults immediately when launched.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
APT policy: (900, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (900, 'testing'), (700, 'proposed-updates'), (400, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686-bigmem (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii consolekit 0.4.4-1 framework for defining and trackin
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.38 Debian configuration management sy
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.4.5-1 runtime components from the offici
ii kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plug 4:4.4.5-9 KDE greet libraries for authentica
ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libck-connector0 0.4.4-1 ConsoleKit libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.6-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libkdecore5 4:4.4.5-4 the KDE Platform Core Library
ii libkdeui5 4:4.4.5-4 the KDE Platform User Interface Li
ii libkio5 4:4.4.5-4 the Network-enabled File Managemen
ii libknewstuff2-4 4:4.4.5-4 the "Get Hot New Stuff" v2 Library
ii libkworkspace4 4:4.4.5-9 library for the kdebase workspace
ii libpam0g 1.1.2-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libqimageblitz4 1:0.0.6-3 QImageBlitz image effects library
ii libqt4-svg 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 SVG module
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 XML module
ii libqtcore4 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libstdc++6 4.6.0-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.3-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.0-1 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxtst6 2:1.2.0-1 X11 Testing -- Record extension li
ii lsb-base 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii fvwm [x-window-manager] 1:2.5.30.ds-1 F(?) Virtual Window Manager
ii fvwm-crystal [x-window-man 3.0.5.dfsg-5 Pretty Desktop Environment based o
ii kde-window-manager [x-wind 4:4.4.5-9 the K window manager (KWin)
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulat 4:4.4.5-3 X terminal emulator
ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.5-1 Xorg X server - core server
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator 269-1 X terminal emulator
Versions of packages kdm suggests:
ii kdepasswd 4:4.4.5-3 graphical password changing utilit
-- debconf information:
kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm
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