CentOS Update for gdm CESA-2009:1364 centos5 i386
🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 5 : gdm (CESA-2009:1364) | 6 Jan 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 5 : gdm (ELSA-2009-1364) | 7 Sep 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 5 : gdm (RHSA-2009:1364) | 2 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Scientific Linux Security Update : gdm on SL5.x i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| gdm security update | 15 Sep 200918:50 | – | centos | |
| CVE-2009-2697 | 4 Sep 200920:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2009-2697 | 4 Sep 200920:00 | – | cvelist | |
| gdm security and bug fix update | 8 Sep 200900:00 | – | oraclelinux | |
| EUVD-2009-2689 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2009-2697 | 4 Sep 200920:30 | – | nvd |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-September/016157.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880844");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2009:1364");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2697");
script_name("CentOS Update for gdm CESA-2009:1364 centos5 i386");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'gdm'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"gdm on CentOS 5");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a configurable re-implementation of XDM,
the X Display Manager. GDM allows you to log in to your system with the X
Window System running, and supports running several different X sessions on
your local machine at the same time.
A flaw was found in the way the gdm package was built. The gdm package was
missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator
believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not.
(CVE-2009-2697)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* the GDM Reference Manual is now included with the gdm packages. The
gdm-docs package installs this document in HTML format in
'/usr/share/doc/'. (BZ#196054)
* GDM appeared in English on systems using Telugu (te_IN). With this
update, GDM has been localized in te_IN. (BZ#226931)
* the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace sequence resets the X server when in runlevel 5.
In previous releases, however, repeated use of this sequence prevented GDM
from starting the X server as part of the reset process. This was because
GDM sometimes did not notice the X server shutdown properly and would
subsequently fail to complete the reset process. This update contains an
added check to explicitly notify GDM whenever the X server is terminated,
ensuring that resets are executed reliably. (BZ#441971)
* the 'gdm' user is now part of the 'audio' group by default. This enables
audio support at the login screen. (BZ#458331)
* the gui/modules/dwellmouselistener.c source code contained incorrect
XInput code that prevented tablet devices from working properly. This
update removes the errant code, ensuring that tablet devices work as
expected. (BZ#473262)
* a bug in the XOpenDevice() function prevented the X server from starting
whenever a device defined in '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' was not actually plugged
in. This update wraps XOpenDevice() in the gdk_error_trap_pop() and
gdk_error_trap_push() functions, which resolves this bug. This ensures that
the X server can start properly even when devices defined in
'/etc/X11/xorg.conf' are not plugged in. (BZ#474588)
All users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these
issues. GDM must be restarted for this update to take effect. Rebooting
achieves this, but changing the runlevel from 5 to 3 and back to 5 also
restarts GDM.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS5")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"gdm", rpm:"gdm~2.16.0~56.el5.centos", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"gdm-docs", rpm:"gdm-docs~2.16.0~56.el5.centos", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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