RHEL 6 : gdm (RHSA-2011:0395)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 53207

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gdm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0395 advisory.

- gdm: privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2011-0727)

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 RHEL gdm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0395.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 53207

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0395.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/29/2011

Updated: 4/21/2024

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: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm-user-switch-applet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm-plugin-smartcard, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm-plugin-fingerprint

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0727

BID: 47063

RHSA: 2011:0395

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