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TITLE:
GNOME Foundation Display Manager "gdmchooser" Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23387

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23387/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/2060/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the gdmchooser application of
the GNOME Display Manager, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
"gdm_chooser_add_host()" function in gdm2/gui/gdmchooser.c. This can
be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
gdmchooser application by entering a specially crafted string when
providing a remote host.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.14.11, 2.16.4,
and 2.17.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.14.11, 2.16.4, or 2.17.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453

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