CVE-2003-0547

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2003-08-20
Bugzilla:
1617050: CVE-2003-0547 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.

Find out more about CVE-2003-0547 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2003:258 2003-08-21
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RHSA-2003:258 2003-08-21
Red Hat Linux 9 RHSA-2003:258 2003-08-21
Red Hat Linux 8.0 RHSA-2003:258 2003-08-21
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2003:258 2003-08-21

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