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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.097

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.097
Posted May 3, 2007
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A problem with the way xscreensaver verifies user passwords was discovered by Alex Yamauchi. When a system is using remote authentication (i.e. LDAP) for logins, a local attacker able to cause a network outage on the system could cause xscreensaver to crash, which would unlock the screen.

tags | advisory, remote, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2007-1859
SHA-256 | bd6ea4fe888f2d8f67328e5e2797f47bb793f3c6aaf724d821bc118d19df96ce

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.097

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:097
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : xscreensaver
Date : May 2, 2007
Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1, Corporate 3.0
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Problem Description:

A problem with the way xscreensaver verifies user passwords
was discovered by Alex Yamauchi. When a system is using remote
authentication (i.e. LDAP) for logins, a local attacker able to cause
a network outage on the system could cause xscreensaver to crash,
which would unlock the screen.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1859
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
e836c3e822bd2023489bc33021559e2d 2007.0/i586/xscreensaver-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
114d59fee6b63fb55795509ce691fd7e 2007.0/i586/xscreensaver-base-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
bf9f6d24f46fb92d5a92c128108247a0 2007.0/i586/xscreensaver-common-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
59cc0c3dce851360e3475a63d1bfedc5 2007.0/i586/xscreensaver-extrusion-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
a67ca45b6c8b471f686509ae6e284af4 2007.0/i586/xscreensaver-gl-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
e0ae6f662b999018321082dafd0113cf 2007.0/SRPMS/xscreensaver-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
04b19bf52df790976fa5d8f246d487fc 2007.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
401342c023938d668c56406b7d663751 2007.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-base-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
a9e77f44381ea1b148eae13da96bbce9 2007.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-common-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
a6c9b67df6fab0c67c87ccbcba23328b 2007.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-extrusion-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
7e9b52bb1edefe9ee1156edd71b17114 2007.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-gl-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
e0ae6f662b999018321082dafd0113cf 2007.0/SRPMS/xscreensaver-5.00-5.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
cf74a31de15b8032cac5ff8efe970352 2007.1/i586/xscreensaver-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
50afa981a0c89f4868fe77488cc2ee64 2007.1/i586/xscreensaver-base-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
f84ca2049923f5e7ee0995308378d21f 2007.1/i586/xscreensaver-common-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
e2856e0fc916445a1b5aa5d2071efee9 2007.1/i586/xscreensaver-extrusion-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
8c11d67c56b5d87f70c632980bb11c63 2007.1/i586/xscreensaver-gl-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
81a0cd78ff26cd58b5b8bd253f31e90f 2007.1/SRPMS/xscreensaver-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
8b02873cf99b5d419748ab6ddadb578a 2007.1/x86_64/xscreensaver-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
ec5012296ac600be9564e2398c6f0f26 2007.1/x86_64/xscreensaver-base-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
2df43b6ebf7a668373e045b858073d56 2007.1/x86_64/xscreensaver-common-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
ff66a6152a0d050b3c80e357e66a0f4e 2007.1/x86_64/xscreensaver-extrusion-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
f62427b9d401edb71fcd0cff77af458d 2007.1/x86_64/xscreensaver-gl-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
81a0cd78ff26cd58b5b8bd253f31e90f 2007.1/SRPMS/xscreensaver-5.01-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0:
7a347edabdaf4abb61ac57263f3d41ab corporate/3.0/i586/xscreensaver-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
6f9ea46c93d75ce54e91a0b04a2485d1 corporate/3.0/i586/xscreensaver-extrusion-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
2b15011891719fbce2d442748f194cec corporate/3.0/i586/xscreensaver-gl-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
1249c7696a3c54ae8eb41369c6c24272 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/xscreensaver-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
705a50c595828a6f24006ff5707c91bd corporate/3.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
020673cb6dd074c0fb5c166ca4c98d1d corporate/3.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-extrusion-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
f87ad1daef3daf35ed3595ecfe9ef8b3 corporate/3.0/x86_64/xscreensaver-gl-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
1249c7696a3c54ae8eb41369c6c24272 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/xscreensaver-4.14-4.2.C30mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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