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Red Hat 4: RHSA-2007:0286-02 Low Severity: Gdm Race Condition Issue

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Calendar Grey May 1, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Corrections for the gdm software due to a minimal effect vulnerability and race condition discovered by Marcus Meissner.
An updated gdm package that fixes a security issue and a bug is now available. Marcus Meissner discovered a race condition issue in the way Gdm modifies the permissions on the .I...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

159338 - gdm update for new audit system 188302 - CVE-2006-1057 GDM file permissions race condition

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 7c6a9e6faabcc3ee235e39ffbc302c1d gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.src.rpm

i386: 298d605e4ba10fb68a49aba0699d84a7 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm e346d2491ec0a37c6644f69b9af60711 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm

ia64: 5bc9d3a15228d06ce0e2e746672af19a gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64.rpm daeea7f1287b3563c01f31e5a26c4853 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64.rpm

ppc: 118eba1dd505514b44ee2864d6ef53b2 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ppc.rpm 7f457dc913f59edffa1d67410dbb9664 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ppc.rpm

s390: 1bbe16709e32eaf9a5cdadb4aa3cd0df gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.s390.rpm 48aa9fc93f744458e0cb7ee92b67fd91 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.s390.rpm

s390x: 7707a11959a00214932cf41e6c31e1d9 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.s390x.rpm 27bcb099c402711332b6a2ad9932276e gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 56b3f1b0741daa26cca66326086765b3 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm ec14fee9396e0c36fc62a23a7a1e4db5 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 7c6a9e6faabcc3ee235e39ffbc302c1d gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.src.rpm

i386: 298d605e4ba10fb68a49aba0699d84a7 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm e346d2491ec0a37c6644f69b9af60711 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm

x86_64: 56b3f1b0741daa26cca66326086765b3 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm ec14fee9396e0c36fc62a23a7a1e4db5 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 7c6a9e6faabcc3ee235e39ffbc302c1d gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.src.rpm

i386: 298d605e4ba10fb68a49aba0699d84a7 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm e346d2491ec0a37c6644f69b9af60711 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm

ia64: 5bc9d3a15228d06ce0e2e746672af19a gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64.rpm daeea7f1287b3563c01f31e5a26c4853 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 56b3f1b0741daa26cca66326086765b3 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm ec14fee9396e0c36fc62a23a7a1e4db5 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 7c6a9e6faabcc3ee235e39ffbc302c1d gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.src.rpm

i386: 298d605e4ba10fb68a49aba0699d84a7 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm e346d2491ec0a37c6644f69b9af60711 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.i386.rpm

ia64: 5bc9d3a15228d06ce0e2e746672af19a gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64.rpm daeea7f1287b3563c01f31e5a26c4853 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 56b3f1b0741daa26cca66326086765b3 gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm ec14fee9396e0c36fc62a23a7a1e4db5 gdm-debuginfo-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15.x86_64.rpm

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Summary

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1057 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0286-02
Issue date: 2007-05-01
Updated on: 2007-05-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: .Xauthority race condition

Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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