Description
Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1040-1 | New gdm packages fix local root exploit |
EUVD |
EUVD-2006-1061 | Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-278-1 | gdm vulnerability |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T16:56:15.504Z
Reserved: 2006-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2006-1057
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Status : Modified
Published: 2006-04-25T01:02:00.000
Modified: 2026-06-16T22:21:56.440
Link: CVE-2006-1057
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
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CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN