CVE-2010-2387

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.

vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

GNOME Display Manager (GDM)

First reported 12 years ago

2012-12-21 05:46:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-17 01:32:00

Affected Software

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.0

2.20.0

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.1

2.20.1

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.2

2.20.2

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.3

2.20.3

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.4

2.20.4

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.5

2.20.5

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.6

2.20.6

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.7

2.20.7

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.8

2.20.8

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.9

2.20.9

GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.20.10

2.20.10

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