CVE-2007-3381 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) daemon, affecting versions prior to 2.14.13, 2.16.7, 2.18.4, and 2.19.5. This flaw stems from improper handling of NULL return values by the g_strsplit function, allowing a local, authenticated attacker to crash the daemon persistently via a specially crafted command to its socket. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.5, indicating a low attack complexity and impact limited to partial availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.14.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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