FrSIRT - GNOME Display Manager "g_strsplit()" Call Local Denial of Service Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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GNOME Display Manager "g_strsplit()" Call Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : GNOME Display Manager "g_strsplit()" Call Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2781
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3381
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-08-06

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in GNOME Display Manager (GDM), which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2781
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.news
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-08-06 : Initial release

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