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gdm: privilege escalation
| Package(s): | gdm |
CVE #(s): | CVE-2011-0727
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| Created: | March 29, 2011 |
Updated: | April 8, 2011 |
| Description: |
From the Red Hat advisory:
A race condition flaw was found in the way GDM handled the cache
directories used to store users' dmrc and face icon files. A local attacker
could use this flaw to trick GDM into changing the ownership of an
arbitrary file via a symbolic link attack, allowing them to escalate their
privileges. |
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