CVE-2011-1709
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 14, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 15, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d
- 44797third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-7822vendor-advisory
- USN-1142-1vendor-advisory
- 48084vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0581vendor-advisory
- 44808third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139
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