Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60736
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0218
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2008:0218. gnome-screensaver is the GNOME project's official screen saver program. A flaw was found in the way gnome-screensaver verified user passwords. When a system used a remote directory service for login credentials, a local attacker able to cause a network outage could cause gnome-screensaver to crash, unlocking the screen. (CVE-2008-0887) Users of gnome-screensaver should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.7
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0887 BugTraq ID: 28575 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132 http://osvdb.org/35531 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10813 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2008:0197 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749 http://secunia.com/advisories/29595 http://secunia.com/advisories/29606 http://secunia.com/advisories/29742 http://secunia.com/advisories/29759 http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 http://secunia.com/advisories/32691 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:014 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1
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