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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1040-1 (gdm)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

3.7

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to gdm announced via advisory DSA 1040-1. A vulnerability has been identified in gdm, a display manager for X, that could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting a race condition in the handling of the .ICEauthority file. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0.8-1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed in version 2.14.1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your gdm package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201040-1

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