Upstream information

CVE-2011-0727 at MITRE

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/.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 679786 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2011:006, published Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000
    • openSUSE-SU-2011:0275-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 04:27:49 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:16:59 2025