Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56660
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1040-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gdm' package(s) announced via the DSA-1040-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gdm' package(s) announced via the DSA-1040-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been identified in gdm, a display manager for X, that could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting a race condition in the handling of the .ICEauthority file. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0.8-1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed in version 2.14.1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your gdm package. Affected Software/OS: 'gdm' package(s) on Debian 3.1. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 3.7 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-1057 17635 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17635 ADV-2006-1465 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1465 DSA-1040 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1040 FEDORA-2006-338 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00160.html MDKSA-2006:083 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:083 RHSA-2007:0286 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0286.html USN-278-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/278-1/ gdm-slavec-symlink(26092) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26092 http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gdm2/daemon/slave.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188303 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10092 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10092
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