>> GNOME Display Manager "g_strsplit()" Call Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : GNOME Display Manager "g_strsplit()" Call Local Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2781 CVE ID : CVE-2007-3381
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-08-06
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in GNOME Display Manager (GDM), which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error when handling NULL values returned by calls to "g_strsplit()", which could be exploited by malicious users to crash an affected application and create a denial of service condition by sending a specially crafted request to the GDM socket.
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