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 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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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/.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.5 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- gnome/gdm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26879Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26900Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475451/30/5550/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018523
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10887
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26879Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26900Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.