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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-05 (xdm)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200407-05.

Insight

Insight

XDM will open TCP sockets for its chooser, even if the DisplayManager.requestPort setting is set to 0. This may allow authorized users to access a machine remotely via X, even if the administrator has configured XDM to refuse such connections.

Solution

Solution

If you are using XFree86, you should run the following: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r6' # emerge '>=x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r6' If you are using X.org's X11 server, you should run the following: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1' # emerge '>=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-05 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53226 http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1376

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