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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0412
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0412)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'sddm' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0412 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'sddm' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0412 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Fabian Vogt discovered a flaw in sddm before 0.19.0. A local attacker can take
advantage of a race condition when creating the Xauthority file to escalate
privileges (CVE-2020-28049).

Affected Software/OS:
'sddm' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
3.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-28049
Debian Security Information: DSA-4783 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4783
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GT3EX5NSQJJAKY63ENSMEDX6NYZLYY3S/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-02
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-28049
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/blob/v0.19.0/ChangeLog
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/releases
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00009.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1870 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00031.html
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