Fedora Core 6 : gdm-2.16.4-1.fc6 (2006-1468)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24075

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

This update brings gdm to the latest stable upstream version, which among other bug fixes and improvements contains a fix for a recently reported security issue that has ID CVE-2006-6105. This fixes a problem where a user can enter strings like '%08x' into the gdmchooser 'Add'j host button and print out memory.

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 and / or gdm-debuginfo packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24075

File Name: fedora_2006-1468.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/17/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gdm, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gdm-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2006

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2006-1468

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