CVE-2011-1709

Name	CVE-2011-1709
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	high

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gdm3 (PTS)	jessie	3.14.1-7	fixed
	jessie (security)	3.14.1-7+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch	3.22.3-3+deb9u2	fixed
	buster	3.30.2-3	fixed
	bullseye, sid	3.34.1-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
gdm	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
gdm3	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- gdm3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code patched out in Debian package in sid, patched in 3.0.4 experimental)
- gdm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)