DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0727

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0727

    Published: 31 Mar 2011Last Modified: 14 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-0727

    Summary:

    Details: GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0727

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gdm3

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gdm3?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.30.5-9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High