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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-222

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-222
Posted Oct 30, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - 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. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

tags | advisory, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2008-1692
SHA-256 | 6135ff2144b6f19a3b7088ce33de499f9ede3466b9efd1cc8e21e78e79cb33a9

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-222

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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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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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