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RHEL 5 : gdm (RHSA-2007:0777)

low Nessus Plugin ID 25878

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated gdm package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log into your system with the X Window System running and supports running several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.

A flaw was found in the way Gdm listens on its unix domain socket. A local user could crash a running X session by writing malicious data to Gdm's unix domain socket. (CVE-2007-3381)

All users of gdm should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch that resolves this issue.

Red Hat would like to thank JLANTHEA for reporting this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gdm package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3381

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0777

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 25878

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0777.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3381

RHSA: 2007:0777