Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GDM vulnerability (USN-3892-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122362

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Burghard Britzke discovered that GDM incorrectly handled certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to get unauthorized access to a different user.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3892-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122362

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3892-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2019

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3825

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdm3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gdm-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdm1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3825

USN: 3892-1