CVE-2013-4169

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4169
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-10 19:55:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionGNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 0.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 1.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.11 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.12 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.14.9 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.16.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.16.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.17 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.18 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.18.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.18.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.18.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.19 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.19.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.19.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.19.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.19.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 2.2 All All All
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
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA54661 - Red Hat update for gdm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
988498 – (CVE-2013-4169) CVE-2013-4169 gdm: TOCTTOU race condition on /tmp/.X11-unix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.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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