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GNOME Display Manager Configuration GUI Access Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA20532

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Release Date:

2006-06-09

Popularity:

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Security Bypass

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.x

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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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