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Fedora 15 : gdm-3.0.4-1.fc15 (2011-7822)

high Nessus Plugin ID 54979

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a flaw that can lead to web browser at the login screen if policykit policies are changed to be more restrictive than defaults.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gdm package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709508

http://www.nessus.org/u?74d97c00

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 54979

File Name: fedora_2011-7822.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gdm, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1709

BID: 48084

FEDORA: 2011-7822