Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-2387 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Gnome Display Manager
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40690
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosure
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846
- http://www.auscert.org.au/13123
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40780
- http://www.osvdb.org/66643
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60642