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Gentoo: GLSA-200606-14 High: GDM Privilege Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey June 12, 2006
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GDM vulnerability in Gentoo poses a serious security threat, enabling unauthorized user access. Immediate measures are vital! Discover further details!
An authentication error in GDM could allow users to gain elevated privileges.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-14 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: GDM: Privilege escalation Date: June 12, 2006 Bugs: #135027 ID: 200606-14

Synopsis ======= An authentication error in GDM could allow users to gain elevated privileges.
Background ========= GDM is the GNOME display manager.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 gnome-base/gdm < 2.8.0.8 >= 2.8.0.8
========== GDM allows a normal user to access the configuration manager.
Impact ===== 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 a...

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