CVE-2007-3381: Input Validation
First published: Tue Aug 07 2007(Updated: )
The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.1 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.5 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.2 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.8 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.11 | |
| GNOME gdm | <=2.14.12 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.13 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.4 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.2 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.5 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.3 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.6 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.8 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.6 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.4 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.7 | |
| GNOME gdm | =1.0 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.9 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.10 | |
| GNOME gdm | =0.7 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.14.3 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.0 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.16.2 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.16 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.16.1 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.18.1 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.18.3 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.18.2 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.18 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.19.3 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.19 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.19.4 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.19.2 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.19.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26313
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018523
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26900
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26879
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10887
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475451/30/5550/threaded
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/gnome
- canonical/gnome gdm
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.1
- version/gnome gdm/2.5
- version/gnome gdm/2.2
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.8
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.11
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.12
- version/gnome gdm/2.13
- version/gnome gdm/2.4
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.2
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.5
- version/gnome gdm/2.3
- version/gnome gdm/2.6
- version/gnome gdm/2.8
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.6
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.4
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.7
- version/gnome gdm/1.0
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.9
- version/gnome gdm/2.14
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.10
- version/gnome gdm/0.7
- version/gnome gdm/2.14.3
- version/gnome gdm/2.0
- version/gnome gdm/2.16.2
- version/gnome gdm/2.16
- version/gnome gdm/2.16.1
- version/gnome gdm/2.18.1
- version/gnome gdm/2.18.3
- version/gnome gdm/2.18.2
- version/gnome gdm/2.18
- version/gnome gdm/2.19.3
- version/gnome gdm/2.19
- version/gnome gdm/2.19.4
- version/gnome gdm/2.19.2
- version/gnome gdm/2.19.1