CVE-2011-1709
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-06-14 17:00
Modified
2024-08-06 22:37
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08dPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/44797Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/44808
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08dPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/44797Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
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