CVE-2007-3381

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3381
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-07 10:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

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 2.2 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Display Manager Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GDM: Local Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
GNOME Display Manager g_strsplit() Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Display Manager G_Strsplit Function Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rPath update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
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