Debian Security Advisory DSA 2205-1 (gdm3)

The remote host is missing an update to gdm3 announced via advisory DSA 2205-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb22051.nasl 6613 2017-07-07 12:08:40Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2205-1 gdm3 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2011 E-Soft Inc...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2205-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Debian DSA-2205-1 : gdm3 - privilege escalation

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that GDM 3, the GNOME Display Manager, does not properly drop privileges when manipulating files related to the logged-in user. As a result, local users can gain root privileges. The oldstable distribution lenny does not contain a gdm3 package. The gdm package is not...