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CVE-2013-7273

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 3.4.1 and earlier, when disable-user-list is set to true, allows local users to cause a denial of service (unable to login) by pressing the cancel button after entering a user name.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-7273 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from gnome organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-04-29T14:38:49.857

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	≤ 3.4.1	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.0.0	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.0.2	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.0.3	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.0.4	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.1.2	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.1.90	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.1.91	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.1.92	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.2.0	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.2.1	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.2.1.1	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.3.92	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.3.92.1	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.4.0	Yes
Application	gnome	gnome_display_manager	3.4.0.1	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/10 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/16 ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683338 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704284 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050745 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/16 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683338 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704284 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050745 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For gnome's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.