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TITLE:
GNOME Display Manager "PostLogin" Script Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43437

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-08

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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in GNOME Display Manager, which can lead
to unexpected behavior with potentially security relevant
implications.

The weakness is caused due to the GNOME Display Manager invoking the
"PostLogin" script with an incorrect username, which results in e.g.
the $USER, $USERNAME, and $LOGNAME variables being assigned a wrong
value (e.g. "gdm" instead of the username of the user who just logged
in).

Note: This only affects deployments where the "PostLogin" script
relies on the correctness of e.g. the $USER, $USERNAME, and $LOGNAME
variables (the default "PostLogin" script does not contain any
functionality).

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.30.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by ericlesoll in a GNOME bug.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GNOME Bug #602403:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602403

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