CVE-2013-4169

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2013-4169 · Published 10/09/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-4169 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting gnome display manager (gnome).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.37%, higher than 31.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gnome display manager gnome	`= 0.7= 1.0= 2.0= 2.13= 2.14= 2.14.1= 2.14.10= 2.14.11= 2.14.12= 2.14.2= 2.14.3= 2.14.4= 2.14.5= 2.14.6= 2.14.7= 2.14.8= 2.14.9= 2.15= 2.16= 2.16.1= 2.16.2= 2.17= 2.18= 2.18.1= 2.18.2= 2.18.3= 2.19= 2.19.1= 2.19.2= 2.19.3= 2.19.4= 2.2= 2.20.0= 2.20.1= 2.20.10= 2.20.2= 2.20.3= 2.20.4= 2.20.5= 2.20.6= 2.20.7= 2.20.8= 2.20.9≤ 2.21`	No fix yet

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/.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1213.html · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/54661 · Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Patch

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gnome display manager

gnome

= 0.7= 1.0= 2.0= 2.13= 2.14= 2.14.1= 2.14.10= 2.14.11= 2.14.12= 2.14.2= 2.14.3= 2.14.4= 2.14.5= 2.14.6= 2.14.7= 2.14.8= 2.14.9= 2.15= 2.16= 2.16.1= 2.16.2= 2.17= 2.18= 2.18.1= 2.18.2= 2.18.3= 2.19= 2.19.1= 2.19.2= 2.19.3= 2.19.4= 2.2= 2.20.0= 2.20.1= 2.20.10= 2.20.2= 2.20.3= 2.20.4= 2.20.5= 2.20.6= 2.20.7= 2.20.8= 2.20.9≤ 2.21

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