Vulnerabilities > Gnome > GDM > 2.14

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2011-06-14 CVE-2011-1709 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Gnome GDM
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.
local
low complexity
gnome CWE-264
7.2
2011-03-31 CVE-2011-0727 Link Following vulnerability in Gnome GDM
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.
local
gnome CWE-59
6.9
2009-09-04 CVE-2009-2697 Improper Authentication vulnerability in Gnome GDM
The Red Hat build script for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.16.0-56 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP Wrapper support, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via XDMCP connections, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5079.
network
gnome redhat CWE-287
6.8
2007-08-07 CVE-2007-3381 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Gnome GDM
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/.
local
gnome CWE-20
1.5
2006-06-09 CVE-2006-2452 Authentication Bypass vulnerability in GNOME Foundation GDM Configure Login Manager
GNOME GDM 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.15, when the "face browser" feature is enabled, allows local users to access the "Configure Login Manager" functionality using their own password instead of the root password, which can be leveraged to gain additional privileges.
local
high complexity
gnome
3.7
2006-04-25 CVE-2006-1057 Race Condition vulnerability in Gnome GDM 2.14
Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.
local
high complexity
gnome CWE-362
3.7