low1.5
CVE-2007-3381
The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NUL…
Impact
The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Gdm | through 2.14.12 Versions 0.7, 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, 2.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26313
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26879
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26900
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475451/30/5550/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018523
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10887
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26313
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520