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CVE-2007-3381

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 bef

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/.

LOW · CVSS 1.5 EPSS 0.00079
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

2
gnome gdm<= 2.14.12
gnome gdmall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

1.5
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD07 Aug 2007 · 10:17 AM
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Vendor Advisories

1
rhsaRHSA-2007:0777Moderate
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References & Sources

18
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news
http://secunia.com/advisories/26313Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26368Vendor Advisory
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