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CVE-2007-3381 json

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…

published 2007-08-07 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3371

cvss
1.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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/.

Patch / fix

  • gdm RHEL 5 1:2.16.0-31.0.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0777

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-3381 updated

Gdm denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gdm 2.16.0-31.0.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gdm 2.16.0-31.0.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0777

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Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.5 AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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