news 28 Posted October 30, 2008 This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1225328411-14940-1654 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:222 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : Eterm Date : October 29, 2008 Affected: Corporate 3.0 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1692 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJCN0TmqjQ0CJFipgRApWtAKDrTA98CVkl7Aa9KMSdVPZzjhxmkwCg7dr6 wrWa/jEw5Zi82Uvp12bKUMc= =/I4b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------=_1225328411-14940-1654 Content-Type: text/plain; name="message-footer.txt" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="message-footer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To unsubscribe, send a email to sympa ( -at -) mandrivalinux.org with this subject : unsubscribe security-announce _______________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://www.mandrivastore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com _______________________________________________________ ------------=_1225328411-14940-1654-- Share this post Link to post
