VDB-8576 · Bug 668551 · OSVDB 92868

GNOME 3.2.0 gnome-settings-daemon race condition

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A vulnerability was found in GNOME 3.2.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component gnome-settings-daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was released 01/24/2012 by Adam Williamson as Bug 668551 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.gnome.org. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GNOME 3.6.1

Timelineinfo

01/24/2012 🔍
01/24/2012 +0 days 🔍
05/06/2013 +468 days 🔍
05/06/2018 +1826 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 668551
Researcher: Adam Williamson
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 92868

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2013 14:36
Updated: 05/06/2018 11:12
Changes: 05/06/2013 14:36 (45), 05/06/2018 11:12 (1)
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Committer: roga

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