CVE-2013-7273 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gdm (opens in a new tab)
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- published29 Apr 2014
- disclosed29 Apr 2014
Introduced: 29 Apr 2014
CVE-2013-7273 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdm package and not the gdm package as distributed by Ubuntu.
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 3.4.1 and earlier, when disable-user-list is set to true, allows local users to cause a denial of service (unable to login) by pressing the cancel button after entering a user name.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-7273
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683338
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7273
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704284
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/16
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050745