GNOME Display Manager Configuration GUI Access Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

GNOME Display Manager Configuration GUI Access Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA20532	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-06-09
Popularity:	6,951 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Security Bypass
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-2452

Description: Victor Daniel has reported a vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager (GDM), which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in restricting access to the GDM configuration GUI. This can be exploited to gain access to the configuration GUI using the user's own password instead of the root password. Successful exploitation requires that the "Face Browser" functionality is enabled. The vulnerability has been reported in the 2.8.x, 2.14.x, and 2.15.x branches. Solution: Update to the fixed versions. Version 2.8.x.: Update to version 2.8.0.8. http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/2.8/ Version 2.14.x: Update to version 2.14.8. http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/2.14/ Version 2.15.x: The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.15.4. Provided and/or discovered by: Victor Daniel Original Advisory: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/2.8/gdm-2.8.0.8.news http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.8.news http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/2.15/gdm-2.15.4.news

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