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Debian 8: DLA-1494-1 Moderate: GDM3 D-Bus Exploit Denial Of Service

debian lts
Calendar Grey September 5, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
GDM service mishandles D-Bus operations; an attacker may exploit this to induce DoS or execute arbitrary code. It is advisable to update.
The daemon in GDM does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a speci...
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Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your gdm3 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: gdm3
Version: 3.14.1-7+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-14424

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