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CVE-2007-3381

Published: Aug 7, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
1.5LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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/.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:SC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gnome
oss-project·USaka gnome project, glib
gdmOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
ftp.gnome.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/26313
secunia.com
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