| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to gdm
announced via advisory FEDORA-2006-1467.
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.
Update Information:
Fix for a recently reported security issue that has ID
CVE-2006-6105. This fixes a problem where a user can
enter strings like %08x into the gdmchooser Addj
host button and print out memory.
* Fri Dec 15 2006 Matthias Clasen - 1:2.14.11-1
- Update to 2.14.11, which fixes CVE-2006-6105
- Drop upstreamed patches
* Thu Jun 8 2006 Ray Strode - 1:2.14.10-1
- Update to 2.14.10
* Thu Jun 8 2006 Ray Strode - 1:2.14.9-1
- Update to 2.14.9
- Fixes autologin problem (bug 195014).
* Thu Jun 8 2006 Ray Strode - 1:2.14.8-1
- Update to 2.14.8
- Fixes CVE-2006-2452 (bug 343476).
* Wed Jun 7 2006 Ray Strode - 1:2.14.4-1.fc5.3
- Add BuildRequires on xorg-x11-server-Xorg (bug 194295)
* Tue Jun 6 2006 Matthias Clasen - 1:2.14.4-1.fc.2
- Require system-logos, not fedora-logos
- Add missing BuildRequires
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/
This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2006-1467
Risk factor : Medium
CVSS Score:
4.3
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