Scientific Linux: xscreensaver Critical Update CVE-2007-1859 Network Outage

Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:18:42 -0500
Reply-To: Connie Sieh 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Connie Sieh 
Subject: Security ERRATA for SL4 xscreensaver i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific 

Synopsis: Important: xscreensaver security update
Issue date: 2007-05-02
CVE Names: CVE-2007-1859

Alex Yamauchi discovered a flaw in the way XScreenSaver verifies user
passwords. When a system is using a remote directory service for login
credentials, a local attacker may be able to cause a network outage causing
XScreenSaver to crash, unlocking the screen. (CVE-2007-1859)

SRPMS:
 	xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.14.src.rpm

i386:
 	xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.14.i386.rpm

x86_64:
 	xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.14.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson