Vulnerabilities > Gnome > GDM > 2.16

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
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
2006-12-15 CVE-2006-6105 Local Format String vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager GDMChooser
Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in GNOME Foundation Display Manager (gdm) allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a hostname, which are used in an error dialog.
local
low complexity
gnome
4.3