FKIE_CVE-2011-0727
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-03-31 22:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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/.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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"lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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|---|
Nomenclature
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