Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in gdm:
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/ (CVE-2011-0727).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
gdm on Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0727 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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