NASLDB: Fedora Core 6 : gdm-2.16.4-1.fc6 (2006-1468)
General
ID: 24075
Name: Fedora Core 6 : gdm-2.16.4-1.fc6 (2006-1468)
Summary: Checks rpm output for the updated packages
Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: –
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 0
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Type: Local
Description
This update brings gdm to the latest stable upstream version, which
among other bug fixes and improvements contains a 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
‘Add’j host button and print out memory.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –
Sources
CVE: –
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2006/12/15
Plugin Release: 2007/01/17
Plugin
Version: 1.8
Filename: fedora_2006-1468.nasl
Filesize: 2926 bytes
MD5 Hash: c2af303ce44c1ac7425dc8f34e67972e
Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"
Copyright: This script is Copyright© 2007-2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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