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TI-2006-01025 Aliases CVE-2006-1057GHSA-4g9q-73fx-cqxq

Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain…

Priority LOW 17CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00278 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.14VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.14 Vulnerable ·GNOME

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2007:0286 Released 2007-05-01 · Red Hat rating Low
    gdm security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15, gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386, gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15, gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15, gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386, gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15, gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386, gdm-1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0286
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0286
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0286
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0286

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-1057
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4g9q-73fx-cqxq

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 3

  • TI-2000-00491 Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-02579 The Red Hat build script for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.16.0-56 on Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2011-01488 GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2011-00635 GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2000-00503 libICE in XFree86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2003-00517 The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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