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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704270
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4270-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gdm3' package(s) announced via the DSA-4270-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gdm3' package(s) announced via the DSA-4270-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Chris Coulson discovered a use-after-free flaw in the GNOME Display Manager, triggerable by an unprivileged user via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, leading to denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.3-3+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your gdm3 packages.

For the detailed security status of gdm3 please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'gdm3' package(s) on Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-14424
BugTraq ID: 105179
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105179
Debian Security Information: DSA-4270 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4270
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00003.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3737-1/
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