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openSUSE Security Update : gdm (openSUSE-2015-240)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81963

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The GNOME Display Manager was updated to fix one security issue :

 - Removed gdm-fingerprint and gdm-smartcard pamfiles that allowed unlocking the screen without password or fingerprint if fingerprint reader support was enabled.
 (boo#900836).

Solution

Update the affected gdm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=900836

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81963

File Name: openSUSE-2015-240.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdmflexiserver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgdm1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgdm1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-gdm-1_0

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2015