Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-1709 First vendor Publication 2011-06-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2011-09-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1709

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14051
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14051
Title: USN-1142-1 -- dgm vulnerability
Description: gdm: GNOME Display Manager GDM could be made to launch a browser and leak information about the system.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1142-1
CVE-2011-1709
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 11.04
Product(s): dgm
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 29

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-07-12 Name : Fedora Update for gdm FEDORA-2011-7822
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_7822_gdm_fc15.nasl
2011-06-06 Name : Ubuntu Update for gdm USN-1142-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1142_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
73035 GNOME Display Manager (gdm) glib2 Web Browser x-scheme-handler/http MIME Type...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_4_gdm-110531.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1142-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-7822.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
CONFIRM http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c177...
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139
FEDORA http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/44797
http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
SUSE https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1

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