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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (gdm)	ELSA-2013-1213	2013-09-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (initscripts)	ELSA-2013-1213	2013-09-05

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