CVE-2006-2452 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-2452
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Description: GNOME GDM 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.15, when the "face browser" feature is enabled, allows local users to access the "Configure Login Manager" functionality using their own password instead of the root password, which can be leveraged to gain additional privileges.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27018 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-293-1 SUSE http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0003.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA20552 Secunia Advisory: SA20627 Secunia Advisory: SA20532 Secunia Advisory: SA20636 Secunia Advisory: SA20587 MANDRIVA http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:100 GENTOO http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-14.xml CONFIRM http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436428 BID 18332

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