CVE-2007-3381

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/.

Category

1.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml vendor advisory
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
http://secunia.com/advisories/26313 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26879 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10887 vdb entry signature
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
http://secunia.com/advisories/26368 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169 vendor advisory
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475451/30/5550/threaded mailing list
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018523 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26900 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26520 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3381?
CVE-2007-3381 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3381?
To fix CVE-2007-3381, 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-2007-3381 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-3381 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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