Description
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/.
Published: 2011-03-31
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2205-1 gdm3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0741 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/.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1099-1 GDM vulnerability
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Gnome Gdm
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:05:52.941Z

Reserved: 2011-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0727

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-03-31T22:55:02.350

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0727

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0727 - Bugzilla

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