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openSUSE Security Update : gdm (openSUSE-2019-708)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123308

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for gdm provides the following fixes :

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2018-14424: The daemon in GDM did not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allowed a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution (bsc#1103737)

These non-security issues were fixed :

 - Enable pam_keyinit module (bsc#1081947)

 - Fix a build race in SLE (bsc#1103093)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected gdm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1081947

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1103093

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1103737

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123308

File Name: openSUSE-2019-708.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 6/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:opensuse:gdm-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-gdm-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgdm1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgdm1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdmflexiserver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdm-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14424