GNOME gdm up to 2.32.1 Gnome Display Manager access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNOME gdm. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Gnome Display Manager. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-1709. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNOME gdm. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Gnome Display Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.

The weakness was shared 06/14/2011 as Bug 709139 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1709. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75848 (openSUSE Security Update : gdm (openSUSE-SU-2011:0581-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67719), Tenable (75848), SecurityFocus (BID 48084†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31866†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 75848
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : gdm (openSUSE-SU-2011:0581-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 863145
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for gdm FEDORA-2011-7822
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gdm 2.20
Patch: git.gnome.org

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04/15/2011 🔍
05/31/2011 +46 days 🔍
06/01/2011 +1 days 🔍
06/14/2011 +13 days 🔍
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06/19/2011 +5 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +1090 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
11/08/2021 +2422 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: Bug 709139
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1709 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1709
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57644

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X-Force: 67719
SecurityFocus: 48084 - GNOME Display Manager URI Scheme Handler Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 44797
Vulnerability Center: 31866 - GNOME Display Manager before 2.32.2 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/08/2021 14:27
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 03/24/2017 10:08 (9), 11/08/2021 14:23 (6), 11/08/2021 14:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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