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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2205-1 (gdm3)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gdm3 announced via advisory DSA 2205-1.
Insight
Insight
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the gdm3, the GNOME Desktop Manager, does not properly drop privileges when manipulating files related to the logged-in user. As a result, local users can gain root privileges. The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not contain a gdm3 package. The gdm package is not affected by this issue. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.30.5-6squeeze2. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your gdm3 packages.