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Scientific Linux: 2007-3381 Moderate: gdm Unix Socket Flaw

Calendar Aug 08, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate bug fix local threat gdm scientific linux unix socket
Moderate: gdm security and bug fix update 
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:58:33 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for gdm on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: gdm security and bug fix update
Issue date:	2007-08-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-3381

A flaw was found in the way Gdm listens on its unix domain socket. A local
user could crash a running X session by writing malicious data to Gdm's
unix domain socket. (CVE-2007-3381)

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
	gdm-2.16.0-31.0.1.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
	gdm-2.16.0-31.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
	gdm-2.16.0-31.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson