Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GTK+ update (USN-2475-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80827

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Clemens Fries discovered that GTK+ allowed bypassing certain screen locks by using the menu key. An attacker with physical access could possibly use this flaw to gain access to a locked session.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2475-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80827

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2475-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgtk-3-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgtk-3-0-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgtk-3-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgtk-3-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgtk-3-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gtk-3.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gtk-3-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgail-3-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgail-3-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2015

Reference Information

BID: 65515

USN: 2475-1