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openSUSE Security Update : gdm (openSUSE-2020-2264)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145358

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for gdm fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2020-16125: Fixed a privilege escalation (bsc#1178150).

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=1178150

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145358

File Name: openSUSE-2020-2264.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/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:novell:opensuse:gdm-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-gdm-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgdm1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16125