CVE-2011-1709 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html http://secunia.com/advisories/44797 http://secunia.com/advisories/44808 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655