Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : gdm-guest-session vulnerability (USN-1399-1)

Ryan Lortie discovered that gdm-guest-session improperly cleaned out certain guest session files. A local attacker could use this issue to delete arbitrary files. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable h...

USN-1399-1: gdm-guest-session vulnerability

Ryan Lortie discovered that gdm-guest-session improperly cleaned out certain guest session files. A local attacker could use this issue to delete arbitrary files...

CentOS Update for gdm CESA-2009:1364 centos5 i386

Check for the Version of gdm OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for gdm CESA-2009:1364 centos5 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

CentOS Update for gdm CESA-2009:1364 centos5 i386

The remote host is missing an update for the 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Fedora Update for gdm FEDORA-2011-7822

The remote host is missing an update for the 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Fedora Update for gdm FEDORA-2011-7822

Check for the Version of gdm OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for gdm FEDORA-2011-7822 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of t...

CVE-2011-1709

GNOME Display Manager gdm before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type...

CVE-2011-1709

CVE-2011-1709 affects GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2 when used with glib 2.28. It allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by causing gdm to launch a web browser as the gdm user via the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type. Affected component: gdm; root cause: insecure handling of URL...

CVE-2011-1709

GNOME Display Manager gdm before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type...

Ubuntu 11.04 : gdm vulnerability (USN-1142-1)

Henne Vogelsang discovered that under certain PolicyKit configurations, GDM could be made to launch a browser. A local attacker could exploit this to gain access to files with the privileges of the gdm user. PolicyKit is not configured in this manner in Ubuntu by default. Note that Tenable Networ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: gdm-3.0.4-1.fc15

GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching...

Fedora 15 : gdm-3.0.4-1.fc15 (2011-7822)

This update fixes a flaw that can lead to web browser at the login screen if policykit policies are changed to be more restrictive than defaults. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1142-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Ubuntu Update for gdm USN-1142-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1142-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11421.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for gdm USN-1142-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

[USN-1142-1] GDM vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1142-1 June 01, 2011 gdm vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu...

USN-1142-1: GDM vulnerability

Henne Vogelsang discovered that under certain PolicyKit configurations, GDM could be made to launch a browser. A local attacker could exploit this to gain access to files with the privileges of the gdm user. PolicyKit is not configured in this manner in Ubuntu by default...

FreeBSD Ports: gdm

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. VID c6fbd447-59ed-11e0-8d04-0015f2db7bde OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from VID c6fbd447-59ed-11e0-8d04-0015f2db7bde Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2011 E-Soft Inc...

FreeBSD Ports: gdm

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 E-Soft Inc. 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...

openSUSE Security Update : gdm (openSUSE-SU-2010:0969-1)

dbus-glib allowed local users to write properties that were exported read-only via dbus CVE-2010-1172. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update gdm-3108. The text description of this...

openSUSE Security Update : gdm (openSUSE-SU-2010:0969-1)

dbus-glib allowed local users to write properties that were exported read-only via dbus CVE-2010-1172. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update gdm-3108. The text description of this...