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CVE-2013-4169

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.

Impact

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
GnomeGnome Display Manager
through 2.21
Versions 0.7, 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, 2.13

Weakness classification

CWE-59

References