CVE-2011-0727

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
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/.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-0727
  • Assigner
  • security@ubuntu.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2011-03-31T22:55:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-17T01:33:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
http://secunia.com/advisories/43854 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797 Vendor Advisory
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43714 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786 Vendor Advisory
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
http://secunia.com/advisories/44021
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0727
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0727
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:55:14 Added to TrackCVE