GNOME Display Manager Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:47063

Info

GNOME Display Manager Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 47063
Class: Race Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2011-0727
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 28 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:40PM
Credit: Sebastian Krahmer
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
SuSE openSUSE 11.4
SuSE openSUSE 11.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1
GNOME GDM 2.30.0
GNOME GDM 2.29.0
GNOME GDM 2.28.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNOME Display Manager Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

GNOME Display Manager is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on affected computers.

Exploit / POC

GNOME Display Manager Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

GNOME Display Manager Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 ARM

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386

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