RHSA-2011:0395Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: gdm security update

Published
March 28, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-0727 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-0727 — gdm: privilege escalation vulnerability

🎯 Affected products68

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • gdm-debuginfo-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • gdm-libs-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)