gdm: privilege escalation
| Package(s): | gdm | CVE #(s): | CVE-2006-2452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | June 8, 2006 | Updated: | June 14, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | gdm has a privilege escalation vulnerability that is tied to the face browser feature. If face browser is enabled, arbitrary users can access the gdm configuration screen, a feature that is normally accessible only to root. Other user accounts, and possibly the root account can then be subverted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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