CVE-2006-2452

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2452
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-09 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:40:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME GDM 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.15, when the "face browser" feature is enabled, allows local users to access the "Configure Login Manager" functionality using their own password instead of the root password, which can be leveraged to gain additional privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gdm 2.12 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.12 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-293-1: gdm vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:013 SUSE lists.suse.com
GNOME Foundation GDM Configure Login Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
GNOME Display Manager Configuration GUI Access Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GDM: Privilege escalation GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Ubuntu update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Bug 343476 – CRITICAL ERROR IN GDM! : GDM Allow to an ordinary user access to "Configure Login Manager..." CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org
Mandriva update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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