CVE-2013-7273

Summary

CVECVE-2013-7273
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-29 14:38:00 UTC
Updated2014-04-30 13:32:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1050745 – (CVE-2013-7273) CVE-2013-7273 gdm: local DoS possible when cancelling and disable-user-list=true when fallback greeter is used CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereference MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: lightdm-gtk-greeter - local DOS due to NULL pointer dereference MLIST www.openwall.com
Bug 704284 – when disable-user-list=true, cancelling login leaves gdm in unusable state MISC bugzilla.gnome.org
#683338 - CVE-2013-7273 gdm3: no prompt anymore after login cancel using disable_user_list - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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