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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GDM vulnerability (USN-3892-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 122362
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3892-1 advisory.Burghard Britzke discovered that GDM incorrectly handled certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to get unauthorized access to a different user.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 122362
File Name: ubuntu_USN-3892-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/21/2019
Updated: 8/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3825
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdm3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gdm-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdm1
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-3825
USN: 3892-1