CVE-2013-4169

CVE Details

Release Date:2013-09-05

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/.

See more information about CVE-2013-4169 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 6.2 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (gdm)ELSA-2013-12132013-09-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (initscripts)ELSA-2013-12132013-09-05



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