Fedora 19 : gdm-3.8.1.1-3.fc19 (2013-8462)

high Nessus Plugin ID 66601

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This updates GDM to use more security conscious build flags. This updates improves the logo on the login screen.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gdm package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955154

http://www.nessus.org/u?324ea57c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 66601

File Name: fedora_2013-8462.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/26/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gdm, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2013

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2013-8462