CVE-2007-3381

Gdm denial of service

Published Aug 7, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 1.5 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-3371 The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:14 PM
Reserved
Jun 25, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 7, 2007, 10:17 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:41 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 30, 2007, 12:00 AM