The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13,...
Vulnerability Description
The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26313
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26879
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10887
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26368
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475451/30/5550/threaded
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018523
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26900
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520
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