metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-14.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200606-14">
  <title>GDM: Privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>
    An authentication error in GDM could allow users to gain elevated
    privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gdm</product>
  <announced>June 12, 2006</announced>
  <revised>June 19, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>135027</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="gnome-base/gdm" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.8.0.8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.8.0.8</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    GDM is the GNOME display manager.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    GDM allows a normal user to access the configuration manager.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    When the "face browser" in GDM is enabled, a normal user can use the
    "configure login manager" with his/her own password instead of the root
    password, and thus gain additional privileges.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All GDM users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=gnome-base/gdm-2.8.0.8&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476">Gnome Bugzilla entry</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2452">CVE-2006-2452</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:45:03 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:32:35 +0000">
    daxomatic
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:30:05 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>