# CVE-2007-3381: The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-08-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.

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## References

- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26313
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26879
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10887
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26368
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475451/30/5550/threaded
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018523
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26900
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520

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