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Fedora 29 : 1:gdm (2019-caab5920f2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122566

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

gdm 3.30.3 release.

 - Screen lock bypass fix (when timed login is enabled) (CVE-2019-3825)

 - Translation updates

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Solution

Update the affected 1:gdm package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-caab5920f2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122566

File Name: fedora_2019-caab5920f2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2019

Updated: 6/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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:fedoraproject:fedora:1:gdm, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3825