Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69379
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-1099-1 (gdm)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-1099-1 (gdm)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to gdm announced via advisory USN-1099-1. Details follow: Sebastian Krahmer discovered that GDM (GNOME Display Manager) did not properly drop privileges when handling the cache directories used to store users' dmrc and face icon files. This could allow a local attacker to change the ownership of arbitrary files, thereby gaining root privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 9.10: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: gdm 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5.1 Ubuntu 10.10: gdm 2.30.5-0ubuntu4.1 After a standard system update you need to log out all desktop sessions and restart GDM to make all the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1099-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0727 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html Debian Security Information: DSA-2205 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1 BugTraq ID: 47063 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264 http://secunia.com/advisories/43714 http://secunia.com/advisories/43854 http://secunia.com/advisories/44021 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911 XForce ISS Database: display-manager-priv-escalation(66377) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66377
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