RHEL 4 : gdm (RHSA-2010:0657)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 48899

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gdm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0657 advisory.

- gdm with xdmcp ignoring tcp_wrappers on x86_64 (CVE-2007-5079)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL gdm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0657.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 48899

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0657.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/27/2010

Updated: 4/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5079

RHSA: 2010:0657

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