CVE-2011-1709
First published: Mon May 30 2011(Updated: )
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNOME gdm | =1.0 | |
| 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 | |
| GNOME gdm | =2.32.1 | |
| GNOME GLib | =2.28 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44797
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=501874&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=501874&action=edit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=709508
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