CVE-2006-1057

Description

Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.

Category

3.7
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26092 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188303
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gdm2/daemon/slave.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1465 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:083 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1040 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17635 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0286.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10092 vdb entry signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00160.html patch vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/278-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1057?
CVE-2006-1057 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1057?
To fix CVE-2006-1057, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1057 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-1057 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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