CVE-2007-3381

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3381
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-07 10:17:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 16:48:00 UTC
DescriptionThe GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gdm 0.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 1.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.11 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.9 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 0.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 1.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.11 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.9 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news CONFIRM ftp.gnome.org
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Display Manager G_Strsplit Function Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news CONFIRM ftp.gnome.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Display Manager g_strsplit() Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news CONFIRM ftp.gnome.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GDM: Local Denial of Service GENTOO security.gentoo.org
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes CONFIRM ftp.gnome.org
rPath update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
GNOME Display Manager Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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