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Debian LTS: DLA-1959-1 Critical Update for Xtrlock Screen Locking

It was discovered that multitouch devices were not being disabled by the "xtrlock" screen locking utility. xtrlock did not block multitouch events so an attacker could still . Package : xtrlock Version : 2.6+deb8u1 CVE ID : CVE-2016-10894 Debian Bug : #830726 It was discovered that multitouch devices were not being disabled by the "xtrlock" screen locking utility. xtrlock did not block multitouch events so an attacker could still input and thus control various programs such as Chromium, etc. via so-called "multitouch" events including pan scrolling, "pinch and zoom" or even being able to provide regular mouse clicks by depressing the touchpad once and then clicking with a secondary finger. For Debian 8 "Jessie", this issue has been fixed in xtrlock version 2.6+deb8u1. However, this fix does not the situation where an attacker plugs in a multitouch device *after* the screen has been locked. For more information on this, please see: We recommend that you upgrade your xtrlock packages pending a deeper fix. Regards, - -- ,'`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / chris-lamb.co.uk `- . Touchscreen interfaces remain accessible even when using xtrlock screen protection; it is advisable to update your system to reduce vulnerabilities against possible security breaches.. Debian Security Update, xtrlock, multitouch Device Issue, security advisory. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Debian: 649-1 Critical: xtrlock Buffer Overflow Attack Risk

A buffer overflow has been discovered in xtrlock, a minimal X display lock program which can be exploited by a malicious local attacker to crash the lock program and take over the desktop session.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 649-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 20th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : xtrlock Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0079 Debian Bug : 278190 278191 A buffer overflow has been discovered in xtrlock, a minimal X display lock program which can be exploited by a malicious local attacker to crash the lock program and take over the desktop session. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-6woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-9. We recommend that you upgrade your xtrlock package. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 500 d39ea1ae4ee66338786d018406065022 Size/MD5 checksum: 6977 6e6cfc0627bb74bd5014b550c2ea7a5f Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 9604 d05e56b7856e770b1b43daaf43a0dc3d ARM architecture: Size/MD5checksum: 8604 f0d46d569f47ecb8a138c9f91be6cdc6 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 8730 63b6233b95553ffa59de4811c06a6502 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 10104 ab12fc340b57cb3cbd58cbb0e6e1c188 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 8988 cd59712f225ec6d790ad608a8c0dac3a Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 8606 abac92671aefe845c7fd609668a9f367 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 8830 1a09a3a4e99e8c5f94a555ad8f9fc0c0 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 8828 7f56d17dd068abe7cb99a47f2e328fc9 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 8636 cd7dfdba990035bc942e1c16844eefcd IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 9128 f85ab602c4160b29bdb98170114b2368 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11340 c5b11b174068e3b0ebc61aa5f6cf9412 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Patch released for xtrlock buffer overflow flaw in Debian. Critical upgrade to bolster authentication protections.. Debian Security,xtrlock Update,Buffer Overflow Fix,Desktop Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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