FKIE_CVE-2006-1057

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-04-25 01:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:21
Severity
Summary
Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gdm2/daemon/slave.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1040Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:083
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0286.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17635
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1465Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188303
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26092
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10092
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/278-1/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00160.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gdm2/daemon/slave.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1040Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:083
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0286.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17635
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1465Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188303
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26092
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10092
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/278-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00160.htmlPatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome gdm 2.14
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