PT-2011-3310 · Gnome · Glib+1

Henno Vogelsang · Published 2011-06-14 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2011-1709

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNOME Display Manager (gdm) versions prior to 2.32.2

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type, by enabling the execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account when glib 2.28 is used.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.32.2, update to version 2.32.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1709

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10412-1

Affected Products

Gnome Display Manager

Glib

References · 13

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10412-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1709 · Security Note
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d · Patch
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139 · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1709 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44808 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/48084 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7496 · Note