Vulnerability CVE-2010-2387
Published: 2012-12-21

Description:
vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Gnome -> Gnome display manager 

 References:
http://www.auscert.org.au/13123
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosure
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/60642
http://www.osvdb.org/66643
http://secunia.com/advisories/40780
http://secunia.com/advisories/40690
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes
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