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Mandrake update for gdm
Secunia Advisory: SA10027
Release Date: 2003-10-20
Popularity: 5,627 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandrake Corporate Server 2.x
Mandrake Linux 9.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0793
CVE-2003-0794


Description:
Mandrake has issued updated packages for GDM. These fix two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a Denial of Service.

For more information:
SA10024

Solution:
Upgrade automatically using MandrakeUpdate or manually by downloading the updated packages from one of MandrakeSoft's FTP server mirrors:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php


Updated packages:

-- Mandrake Linux 9.1 --

2cd716dcbf5ece067278ba90c29d0341 9.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.91mdk.i586.rpm
60193a5489038aa012c24b853bc7f176 9.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.4.91mdk.i586.rpm
d1aceb0deb1a3515a02b0b66d0f381de 9.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.91mdk.src.rpm

PPC:
491767107a03cf195c8c86df44eb704d ppc/9.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.91mdk.ppc.rpm
b64a8250f0eab46f595b4ef484a783b8 ppc/9.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.4.91mdk.ppc.rpm
d1aceb0deb1a3515a02b0b66d0f381de ppc/9.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.91mdk.src.rpm


-- Mandrake Linux 9.2 --

c3306d682a085cbf50af9b7498bcc945 9.2/RPMS/gdm-2.4.4.0-2.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
0b70010cb78963062c5ab4964b82b995 9.2/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.4.0-2.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
a5d6f00670c5bdaeb5906451714e7497 9.2/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.4.0-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm


-- Corporate Server 2.1 --

2415e6b15710985db37f26e59994f3b4 corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.90mdk.i586.rpm
bd7d7a7226ced78c725e02e3566b4e69 corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.4.90mdk.i586.rpm
40d9f1610797b08c0983f40ae13b9238 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.90mdk.src.rpm

x86_64:
881cda419d0219f52892a24cd8aebae8 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.90mdk.x86_64.rpm
38ec4809a9b2a7f595198cdbe29f7e4b x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.4.90mdk.x86_64.rpm
40d9f1610797b08c0983f40ae13b9238 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.4.90mdk.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:100

Other References:
SA10024:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10024/


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