CVE-2011-0727
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.9
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/.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.30.5-9 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.30.5-9 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.30.5-9 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.30.5-9 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.30.5-9 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gdm | 2.0 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.2 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.3 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.4 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.5 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.6 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.8 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.13 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.14 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.15 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.16 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.17 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.18 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.19 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.20 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.21 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.22 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.23 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.24 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.25 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.26 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.27 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.28 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.29 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.30 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.31 | |
| gnome | gdm | 2.32 | |
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43854
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44021
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0727
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.