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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61229
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:132 (gnome-screensaver)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to gnome-screensaver
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:132.

A vulnerability was found in gnome-screensaver prior to 2.22.1
when a remote authentication server was enabled. During a network
outage, gnome-screensaver would crash upon an unlock attempt,
allowing physically local users to gain access to locked sessions
(CVE-2008-0887).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2008.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:132

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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