CVE-2011-0727

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0727
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-31 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.17 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.20 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.21 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.22 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.23 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.24 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.25 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.26 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.27 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.28 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.29 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.30 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.31 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.32 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 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.17 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.20 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.21 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.22 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.23 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.24 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.25 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.26 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.27 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.28 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.29 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.30 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.31 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.32 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for gdm - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:070 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: gdm-2.32.1-2.fc14 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-1099-1: GDM vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Debian update for gdm3 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 688323 – CVE-2011-0727 gdm: privilege escalation vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news CONFIRM ftp.gnome.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2205-1 gdm3 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Display Manager Cache Directory Symlink Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: gdm-2.30.2-2.fc13 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
GNOME Display Manager Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[gdm-list] GDM 2.32.1 released MLIST mail.gnome.org Patch
GNOME Display Manager Cache Files Handling Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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