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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-221

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-221
Posted Oct 30, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A vulnerability in rxvt allowed it to open a terminal on :0 if the environment variable was not set, which could be used by a local user to hijack X11 connections. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

tags | advisory, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2008-1142
SHA-256 | f5133a98ebeb14790bd38e8f48d1d2aaf8129160a01443ae2933695af3a86e6a

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-221

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:221
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : aterm
Date : October 29, 2008
Affected: Corporate 3.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability in rxvt allowed it to open a terminal on :0 if the
environment variable was not set, which could be used by a local
user to hijack X11 connections (CVE-2008-1142). This issue also
affects aterm.

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-2008-1142
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Updated Packages:

Corporate 3.0:
7301be6e49535426d49e64d1255028e4 corporate/3.0/i586/aterm-0.4.2-3.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
10d8859dec5f348141b56a40e21e7da5 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/aterm-0.4.2-3.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
8dae1abce15b0ac11e1b2b1dda84998d corporate/3.0/x86_64/aterm-0.4.2-3.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
10d8859dec5f348141b56a40e21e7da5 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/aterm-0.4.2-3.1.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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