GNOME gdm 2.14 race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GNOME gdm 2.14. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-1057. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNOME gdm 2.14. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.

The bug was discovered 04/22/2006. The weakness was released 04/24/2006 by Marcus Meissner (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-1057 since 03/07/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21372 (Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : gdm vulnerabilitiy (USN-278-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117554 (CentOS Security Update for Gdm (CESA-2007:0286)).

Upgrading to version 2.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26092), Tenable (21372), SecurityFocus (BID 17635†), OSVDB (31652†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11257†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21372
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : gdm vulnerabilitiy (USN-278-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 56660
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1040-1 (gdm)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gdm 2.14.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Marcus Meissner
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1057 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1057
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29856

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X-Force: 26092
SecurityFocus: 17635 - GNOME Foundation GDM .ICEauthority Improper File Permissions Vulnerability
OSVDB: 31652 - CVE-2006-1057 - GNOME Foundation - GDM - Improper File Permissions Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11257 - Gnome Display Manager Local Privilege Escalation due to Race Condition, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1465

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/22/2025 21:09
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/17/2019 08:58 (7), 06/22/2025 21:09 (22)
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