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Status published
Medium
CVE-2011-0727
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users...
Vulnerability 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/.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
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://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43714
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43854
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44021
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30, 2.31, 2.32
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 31st, 2011
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.