SuSE 11 Security Update : GDM (SAT Patch Number 3255)

low Nessus Plugin ID 50908

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update provides the following fix :

- 627893: Fix that upon relogin gdm displays the Windows domain, but tries to authenticate locally. In addition this update was rebuilt against the latest dbus-glib bindings to avoid that local users can write properties that were exported read-only via dbus. (CVE-2010-1172)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 3255.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627893

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628607

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633655

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1172.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 50908

File Name: suse_11_gdm-101006.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gdm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gdm-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gdm-lang, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1172