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[Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:221 ] aterm

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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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