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diff --git a/glsa-200709-11.xml b/glsa-200709-11.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ddf01472211c --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200709-11.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200709-11"> + <title>GDM: Local Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + GDM can be crashed by a local user, preventing it from managing future + displays. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">gdm</product> + <announced>September 18, 2007</announced> + <revised>September 18, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>187919</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="gnome-base/gdm" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.18.4</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">2.16.7</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.18.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + GDM is the GNOME display manager. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The result of a g_strsplit() call is incorrectly parsed in the files + daemon/gdm.c, daemon/gdmconfig.c, gui/gdmconfig.c and + gui/gdmflexiserver.c, allowing for a null pointer dereference. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="low"> + <p> + A local user could send a crafted message to /tmp/.gdm_socket that + would trigger the null pointer dereference and crash GDM, thus + preventing it from managing future displays. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Restrict the write permissions on /tmp/.gdm_socket to trusted users + only after each GDM restart. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All GDM users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "gnome-base/gdm"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3381">CVE-2007-3381</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:40:23 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:40:36 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:31:53 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |