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CVE-2011-0727

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.

Published

2011-03-31T22:55:02.350

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnome	gdm	2.0	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.2	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.3	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.4	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.5	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.6	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.8	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.13	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.14	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.15	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.16	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.17	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.18	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.19	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.20	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.21	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.22	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.23	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.24	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.25	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.26	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.27	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.28	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.29	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.30	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.31	Yes
Application	gnome	gdm	2.32	Yes

References

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html ([email protected])
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43714 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43854 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44021 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377 ([email protected])
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43714 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43854 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44021 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)