|
Fedora update for xscreensaver, tempest, and rss-glx
|
|
Secunia Advisory:
|
SA27392
|
|
|
Release Date:
|
2007-10-24
|
|
Last Update:
|
2007-11-02
|
|
Popularity:
|
5,216 views
|
|
|
Critical:
|
Not critical
|
|
Impact:
|
Security Bypass
|
|
Where:
|
Local system
|
|
Solution Status:
|
Vendor Patch
|
|
| OS: | Fedora 7
|
|
|
Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
|
Available in Secunia business solutions 
|
|
|
Subscribe:
|
Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities
|
|
| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
|
Description:
Fedora has issued updates for xscreensaver, tempest, and rss-glx. These fix a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to a system to bypass certain security restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to xscreensaver crashing when packages which contain GL xscreensaver hacks (e.g. rss-glx-xscreensaver) are installed and the "xscreensaver-gl-helper" binary is missing. This can be exploited to bypass the xscreensaver unlocking dialog and gain access to a locked session.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
|
|
|
Track this Secunia Advisory
|
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.
Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.
|
|
|
About this Secunia Advisory
|
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
|
