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Unscored RHSA-2013:1213 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: gdm security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Mar 19, 2026

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server gdm 1:2.16.0-59.el5_9.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server gdm-debuginfo 1:2.16.0-59.el5_9.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server gdm-docs 1:2.16.0-59.el5_9.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server initscripts 0:8.45.42-2.el5_9.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server initscripts-debuginfo 0:8.45.42-2.el5_9.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symli…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988498
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_1213.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4169
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4169
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4169