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)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.5 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Gdm — versions 0.7, 1.0, 2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml (vendor-advisory)
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
- secunia.com/advisories/26313 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26879 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10887 (signature, vdb-entry)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
- secunia.com/advisories/26368 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)