CVE-2011-1709

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1709
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-06-14 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2011-09-07 03:16:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 2.15 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 2.32.1 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 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 2.15 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 2.32.1 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 Glib 2.28 All All All
Application Gnome Glib 2.28 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNOME Display Manager URI Scheme Handler Security Issue - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2011:0581 SUSE hermes.opensuse.org
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news CONFIRM ftp.gnome.org
709139 – (CVE-2011-1709) CVE-2011-1709 gdm: URI scheme handling change in glib2 allows running default browser in GDM session CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
USN-1142-1: GDM vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
SUSE update for gdm - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
GNOME Display Manager URI Scheme Handler Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Register /bin/true as URI scheme handler for several schemes (d13dd725) · Commits · GNOME / gdm · GitLab CONFIRM git.gnome.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: gdm-3.0.4-1.fc15 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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