The remote host is missing an update to gdm announced via advisory DSA 1040-1. 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
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 23 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : gdm on SL4 i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 4 : gdm (ELSA-2007-0286) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gdm (MDKSA-2006:083) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1040-1 : gdm - programming error | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | 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 |
![]() | Fedora Core 5 : gdm-2.14.1-1.fc5.2 (2006-338) | 21 Apr 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: gdm security and bug fix update | 1 May 200713:42 | – | redhat |
![]() | CVE-2006-1057 | 25 Apr 200601:02 | – | cve |
![]() | DSA-1040-1 gdm - programming error | 24 Apr 200600:00 | – | osv |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1040_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1040-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_solution = "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.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201040-1";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to gdm
announced via advisory DSA 1040-1.
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.";
if(description)
{
script_id(56660);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:09:45 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1057");
script_bugtraq_id(17635);
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 (gdm)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gdm", ver:"2.6.0.8-1sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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