Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-2387 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Gnome Display Manager
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE 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://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40690
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40780
- http://www.auscert.org.au/13123
- http://www.osvdb.org/66643
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosure
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60642