[ MDVSA-2008:222 ] Eterm

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:222
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : Eterm
 Date    : October 29, 2008
 Affected: Corporate 3.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability in Eterm allowed it to open a terminal on :0 if
 the  environment variable was not set or the -display option was
 not specified, which could be used by a local user to hijack X11
 connections (CVE-2008-1692).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1692
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 Updated Packages:

 Corporate 3.0:
 8ed444757f3fa2f97e656cbf2510c2d6  
corporate/3.0/i586/Eterm-0.9.2-3.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 9c1081978c1c6688ff4d79838ac15725  
corporate/3.0/i586/Eterm-devel-0.9.2-3.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 3fe10ca776bbd2399da6e1e88cc8d5e0  
corporate/3.0/SRPMS/Eterm-0.9.2-3.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
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