Link following in gdm - CVE-2011-0727

 

Link following in gdm - CVE-2011-0727

Published: April 1, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45150
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0727
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
gdm

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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/.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-0727

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources