Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44797
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44797
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139