CVE-2013-7273

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-7273
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-29 14:38:49 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGNOME Display Manager (gdm) 3.4.1 and earlier, when disable-user-list is set to true, allows local users to cause a denial of service (unable to login) by pressing the cancel button after entering a user name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.0.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.0.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.0.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.0.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.1.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.1.90 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.1.91 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.1.92 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.2.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.2.1.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.3.92 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.3.92.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.4.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager 3.4.0.1 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
#683338 - CVE-2013-7273 gdm3: no prompt anymore after login cancel using disable_user_list - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Bug 704284 – when disable-user-list=true, cancelling login leaves gdm in unusable state af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
1050745 – (CVE-2013-7273) CVE-2013-7273 gdm: local DoS possible when cancelling and disable-user-list=true when fallback greeter is used af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereference af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereference af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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