CVE-2006-2452 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-2452 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	3.7
Vector	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 180219 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2006:013, published Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:49:53 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:16:21 2023