Improper input validation in Gnome Gdm

CVE-2007-3381

The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnome Gdm — versions 0.7, 1.0, 2.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References