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CVE-2011-0727

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) dm

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Summary

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/.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 20

ubuntu.com

secunia.com

securitytracker.com

lists.fedoraproject.org

vupen.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

mandriva.com

debian.org

redhat.com

securityfocus.com

mail.gnome.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

ftp.gnome.org