Vulnerability CVE-2011-0727


Published: 2011-03-31   Modified: 2012-02-13

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/.

Type:

CWE-59

(Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Gnome -> GDM 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66377
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264
http://secunia.com/advisories/44021
http://secunia.com/advisories/43854
http://secunia.com/advisories/43714
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news

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