CVE-2003-0547
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-08-22 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:58
Severity ?
Summary
GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729
cve@mitre.orghttp://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106194792924122&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A112
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106194792924122&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A112
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