Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1040-1 gdm -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 24 Apr 2006
- Affected Packages:
- gdm
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 17635.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1057. - More information:
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A vulnerability has been identified in gdm, a display manager for X, that could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting a race condition in the handling of the .ICEauthority file.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0.8-1sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed in version 2.14.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gdm package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.8-1sarge2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.