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CVE-2011-0727 Details

Description

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/.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html	CVE
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html	CVE	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43714	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43854	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44021	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911	CVE
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html	[email protected]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html	[email protected]	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43714	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43854	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44021	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911	[email protected]

see all 40 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnome gdm	2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.27:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.28:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.29:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.30:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.31:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.32:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

gnome gdm

2.0

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]