The Debian 'gdm' package in Debian 3.1 is missing a security update (DSA-1040-1)
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : gdm on SL4 i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 4 : gdm (RHSA-2007:0286) | 2 May 200700:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : gdm vulnerabilitiy (USN-278-1) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1040-1 : gdm - programming error | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gdm (MDKSA-2006:083) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 4 : gdm (ELSA-2007-0286) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora Core 5 : gdm-2.14.1-1.fc5.2 (2006-338) | 21 Apr 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2006-1057 | 25 Apr 200601:02 | – | cve |
![]() | RHSA-2007:0286 Red Hat Security Advisory: gdm security and bug fix update | 15 Sep 202416:32 | – | osv |
![]() | (RHSA-2007:0286) Low: gdm security and bug fix update | 1 May 200700:00 | – | redhat |
Source | Link |
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security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1040 |
debian | www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1040-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56660");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1057");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:09:45 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.7");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1040-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.1");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1040-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1040-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1040");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gdm' package(s) announced via the DSA-1040-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A vulnerability has been identified in gdm, a display manager for X, that could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting a race condition in the handling of the .ICEauthority file.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0.8-1sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed in version 2.14.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gdm package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'gdm' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gdm", ver:"2.6.0.8-1sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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