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CVE-2006-1057
Published: Apr 25, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
gdm-slavec-symlink(26092)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188303
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gdm2/daemon/slave.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261
x_refsource_CONFIRM
ADV-2006-1465
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
MDKSA-2006:083
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
DSA-1040
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
17635
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2007:0286
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10092
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
FEDORA-2006-338
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
USN-278-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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