| Name | CVE-2013-4169 |
| Description | GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gdm3 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.14.1-7+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.22.3-3+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster | 3.30.2-3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.38.2.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 43.0-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 47.0-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gdm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
| gdm3 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- gdm3 <not-affected> (Only affected older gdm < 2.21.1)
In Debian /tmp/.X11-unix is created by /etc/init.d/x11-common