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CVE-2013-4169

Description

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.026

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2013:1213) Important: gdm security update gdm-2.16.0-59.el5_9.1.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2013:1213) Important: gdm security update gdm-2.16.0-59.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2013:1213) Important: gdm security update gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5_9.1.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2013:1213) Important: gdm security update gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2013:1213) Important: gdm security update initscripts-8.45.42-2.el5_9.1.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2013:1213) Important: gdm security update initscripts-8.45.42-2.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234