Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gdm3
announced via advisory DSA 2205-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202205-1
Insight
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the gdm3, the GNOME Desktop Manager, does not properly drop privileges when manipulating files related to the logged-in user. As a result, local users can gain root privileges.
The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not contain a gdm3 package.
The gdm package is not affected by this issue.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.30.5-6squeeze2.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your gdm3 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0727 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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