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Fedora 28 : 1:gdm (2018-6740c38cf4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120483

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

gdm 3.28.3 release, fixing CVE-2018-14424.

 - CVE-2018-14424 - double free fix

 - lifecycle fixes to libgdm/GdmClient

 - follow up fixes dealing with login screen reaping form last release

 - allow pam modules to use SIGUSR1

 - set PWD for user session

 - tell cirrus not to use wayland

 - Translation updates

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Solution

Update the affected 1:gdm package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-6740c38cf4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120483

File Name: fedora_2018-6740c38cf4.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14424

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:gdm, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14424