CVE-2013-7273 (GCVE-0-2013-7273)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-29 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 3.4.1 and earlier, when disable-user-list is set to true, allows local users to cause a denial of service (unable to login) by pressing the cancel button after entering a user name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050745 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2014-01-07 00:00
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