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/.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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 ↗