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Red Hat update for kdebase
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21203
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Release Date:
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2006-07-26
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Popularity:
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5,109 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2933
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Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for kdebase. This fixes a security issue, which may lead to malicious people with physical access to a system to access to a user's desktop session.
The problem is caused due to an error in the kdesktop_lock application that may occasionally block screensavers from activating or local users from manually locking their desktop session.
Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a Red Hat advisory.
Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0576.html
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