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CVE-2011-0727
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6.9/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43854
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43714
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44021
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377