Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for gdm. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
SUSE update for gdm
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44808
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2011-06-01
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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for gdm. This fixes a security issue, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions
with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA44797
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
openSUSE-SU-2011:0581-1:
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
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