-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2011:070 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : gdm Date : April 8, 2011 Affected: 2010.1 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A vulnerability has been found and corrected in gdm: GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/ (CVE-2011-0727). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0727 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2010.1: b87ae8a9f6a053127277eb001955e5cd 2010.1/i586/gdm-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2.i586.rpm b28d795dc551c5fee6c3b3bff0e8ce17 2010.1/i586/gdm-user-switch-applet-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2.i586.rpm 7298db5dd01ccefbc36f4294c6f03de8 2010.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64: 4afc1c392fdc386d949321a28f5e9783 2010.1/x86_64/gdm-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2.x86_64.rpm 4a3f57e5bce8f18f558e2ff72a3259cf 2010.1/x86_64/gdm-user-switch-applet-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2.x86_64.rpm 7298db5dd01ccefbc36f4294c6f03de8 2010.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ 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: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team <security*mandriva.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFNnr6RmqjQ0CJFipgRAmKwAKDgFRAyryAqzWcw6kPdr/ZIv82f9ACfSKhU 3ive0BmxtR3EZlFtQ8GIYKw= =pAJA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
