[ MDKSA-2007:169 ] - Updated gdm packages fix DoS vulnerability
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:169
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : gdm
Date : August 21, 2007
Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability was discovered in how gdm listens on its unix domain
socket. A local user could crash a running X session by writing
malicious data to gdm's unix domain socket.
Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3381
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
7359520cadf5912aae2ec02a5ba7f90a 2007.0/i586/gdm-2.16.0-2.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
dabdab3233154e7a135eec43530f1c48
2007.0/i586/gdm-Xnest-2.16.0-2.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
4230b66decf554a77e6bed8e2c195de4 2007.0/SRPMS/gdm-2.16.0-2.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
955f12975076a9b6494ec2e2c5857a00
2007.0/x86_64/gdm-2.16.0-2.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
b086cc239aff70523ce10f95ce03d36b
2007.0/x86_64/gdm-Xnest-2.16.0-2.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
4230b66decf554a77e6bed8e2c195de4 2007.0/SRPMS/gdm-2.16.0-2.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
49975884aecd2c33fe5ac735771d900b 2007.1/i586/gdm-2.18.0-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
afc5155f2a72783e030b04743f0935ba
2007.1/i586/gdm-Xnest-2.18.0-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
2f6c6fbfe4c8debbd9a6de7f075f6c86 2007.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.18.0-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
3110df21eab0c41100c6c4f903a1f12b
2007.1/x86_64/gdm-2.18.0-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
4babb9888ab4bf15824870ab336c293c
2007.1/x86_64/gdm-Xnest-2.18.0-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
2f6c6fbfe4c8debbd9a6de7f075f6c86 2007.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.18.0-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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