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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200606-14">
<title>GDM: Privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>
An authentication error in GDM could allow users to gain elevated
privileges.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">gdm</product>
<announced>2006-06-12</announced>
<revised count="02">2006-06-19</revised>
<bug>135027</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="gnome-base/gdm" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.8.0.8</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.8.0.8</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
GDM is the GNOME display manager.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
GDM allows a normal user to access the configuration manager.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
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 additional privileges.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All GDM users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=gnome-base/gdm-2.8.0.8"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476">Gnome Bugzilla entry</uri>
<uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2452">CVE-2006-2452</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-06-08T10:45:03Z">
falco
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-06-09T08:32:35Z">
daxomatic
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-06-12T04:30:05Z">
jaervosz
</metadata>
</glsa>