CVE-2010-2387

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2387
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneroracle
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-21 05:46:13 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionvicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.20.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2010-2387 Password disclosure vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) (Third Party Vulnerability Resolution Blog) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.oracle.com
Bug 571846 – user password may end up in /var/log/messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
You have travelled where no person has gone before… af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.auscert.org.au US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/66643 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
GNOME Display Manager Password Disclosure Weakness - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Sun Solaris GNOME Display Manager Password Disclosure Weakness - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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