Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: gdm (UTSA-2026-017683)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-017683 advisory. A vulnerability was discovered in gdm before 3.31.4. When timed login is enabled in configuration, an attacker could bypass the lock screen by selecting the timed...

EUVD-2003-0784

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EUVD-2003-0785

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EUVD-2003-0541

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EUVD-2003-0543

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EUVD-2018-6341

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EUVD-2019-13448

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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : gdm (SUSE-SU-2025:02015-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02015-1 advisory. - CVE-2025-6018: pam.d: removes pamenv from auth stack for security reason bsc1243226. Tenable has extracted the preceding description bloc...

SUSE CVE-2019-3825

A vulnerability was discovered in gdm before 3.31.4. When timed login is enabled in configuration, an attacker could bypass the lock screen by selecting the timed login user and waiting for the timer to expire, at which time they would gain access to the logged-in user's session...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GDM vulnerability (USN-3892-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3892-1 advisory. Burghard Britzke discovered that GDM incorrectly handled certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to get unauthorized access to a differe...

Oracle Linux 7 : gdm / and / gnome-session (ELSA-2017-2128)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-2128 advisory. gdm 3.22.3-11 - Add japanese translation Resolves: 1449632 3.22.3-10 - Add patches to try to maintain some semblance of compatibility when live upgrading betwee...

Oracle Linux 5 : gdm (ELSA-2013-1213)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1213 advisory. - Don't try to pre-create directories that are internal implementation details of X. Resolves: 997619 CVE-2013-4169 initscripts - create /tmp/.X11-unix in...

CVE-2011-1709

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...

Ubuntu 11.04 : gdm vulnerability (USN-1142-1)

Henne Vogelsang discovered that under certain PolicyKit configurations, GDM could be made to launch a browser. A local attacker could exploit this to gain access to files with the privileges of the gdm user. PolicyKit is not configured in this manner in Ubuntu by default. Note that Tenable Networ...

Ubuntu Update for gdm vulnerability USN-1099-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1099-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN10991.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for gdm vulnerability USN-1099-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

USN-278-1: gdm vulnerability

Marcus Meissner discovered a race condition in gdm's handling of the /.ICEauthority file permissions. A local attacker could exploit this to become the owner of an arbitrary file in the system. When getting control over automatically executed scripts like cron jobs, the attacker could eventually...

CVE-2003-0547

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...

CVE-2003-0548

The X Display Manager Control Protocol XDMCP support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service daemon crash when a chosen host expires, a different issue than CVE-2003-0549...

CVE-2003-0547

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...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: : GDM allows local user to read any file.

Updated GDM packages are available which correct a bug allowing local users to read any text files on the system, and a denial of service issue if XDMCP is enabled. GDM is the GNOME Display Manager for X. Versions of GDM prior to 2.4.1.6 contain a bug where GDM will run as root when examining the...