Description
GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.
References
- CLA-2003:729 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2003:258 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:112 vdb-entry signature
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
- 20030824 [slackware-security] GDM security update (SSA:2003-236-01) mailing-list