-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] GDM security update (SSA:2003-236-01) Upgraded gdm packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a security issue where a local user may use GDM to read any file on the system. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Sun Aug 24 14:36:29 PDT 2003 patches/packages/gdm-2.4.1.6-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to gdm-2.4.1.6. This fixes a bug where a local user may read any system file by making a symlink to it from $HOME/.xsession-errors and using GDM's error browser to read the file. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/gdm-2.4.1.6-i386-1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/gnome/gdm-2.4.1.6-i486-1.tgz MD5 SIGNATURES: +-------------+ Slackware 9.0 package: a5939f91ac56b5dd97d4a2013f099aed gdm-2.4.1.6-i386-1.tgz Slackware -current package: 26459fb6dec7279fe4d80aba0b3ac4ff gdm-2.4.1.6-i486-1.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: +------------------------+ Upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): upgradepkg gdm-2.4.1.6-i386-1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HOW TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back. Follow the instructions to | | complete the unsubscription. Do not reply to this message to | | unsubscribe! | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/STINakRjwEAQIjMRAlDBAJ9zkONkmlbIRF6Lzj19I34gc884YwCghoPD ILS19+PLCWvT+zsIDm4Wcyw= =G/E+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----