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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.083

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.083
Posted May 17, 2006
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006-083: A race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.

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systems | linux, mandriva
SHA-256 | c90214e085a14ed4de53d0d36a90b73a0a7d631d365ebd0781eb92e21a618290

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.083

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:083
https://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : gdm
Date : May 9, 2006
Affected: 2006.0
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Problem Description:

A race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local
users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown
and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.

Packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1057
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
d252ac2b6b8e0ea6c42b97d12154e054 2006.0/RPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
06c26efefc15238226177bcf2b557f98 2006.0/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.8.0.4-1.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
7061440dac40a07c55a14e2a1f673536 2006.0/SRPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
aaa20636b30f9b8df2c9c538b7c77635 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
ac0ab88f60162481348072b67151883a x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.8.0.4-1.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
7061440dac40a07c55a14e2a1f673536 x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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