GNOME Display Manager Cache Directory Symlink Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1025264 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1025264
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2011-0727
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 29 2011
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Impact:
Root access via local system, User access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.28.0 to prior to 2.32.1
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in GNOME Display Manager. A local user can obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
A local user can exploit a race condition in the processing of the cache directories that are used to store dmrc and face icon files to cause the GNOME Display Manager (gdm) to change the ownership of an arbitrary file.
Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (2.32.1).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
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Vendor URL: projects.gnome.org/gdm/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:25:33 +0000
Subject: GNOME Display Manager
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> [gdm-list] GDM 2.32.1 released
CVE-2011-0727
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