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CVE-2011-1709 (GCVE-0-2011-1709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-06-14 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:37
VLAI
Summary
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd7… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/44797 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44808 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2011-05-31 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:57:28+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2011-1709",
      "id": "CVE-2011-1709",
      "initial_release_date": "2011-05-31T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "8",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "gdm: URI scheme handling change in glib2 allows running default browser in GDM session",
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      "cve": "CVE-2011-1709",
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      "product_status:recommended": "243",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2011-1709",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2011-1709.json",
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}



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