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Mandrake update for gdm
Secunia Advisory: SA9590
Release Date: 2003-08-22
Popularity: 6,625 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

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

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Description:
MandrakeSoft has issued updated packages for gdm. These fix three vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on the gdm daemon or read the content of arbitrary files on a vulnerable system.

For more information:
http://secunia.com/advisories/9571/

NOTE: XDMCP support is disabled by default.

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:

Corporate Server 2.1:
47a2d84bfff0e842657e789e085b434d corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.i586.rpm
8536d89374219e42ad6ca6c441ffb0d1 corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.i586.rpm
35ab7f8231548f1daa4571bfb5e77054 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
252fc231c85e88411ca50a05f0404688 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.x86_64.rpm
3f8b47c14e0d7fc4c2d76171e3ee0b5a x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.x86_64.rpm
35ab7f8231548f1daa4571bfb5e77054 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0:
47a2d84bfff0e842657e789e085b434d 9.0/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.i586.rpm
8536d89374219e42ad6ca6c441ffb0d1 9.0/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.i586.rpm
35ab7f8231548f1daa4571bfb5e77054 9.0/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1:
9d8a97cc5f475f16eeb73caa9d7d8e6b 9.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.3mdk.i586.rpm
4f866c5b5b4903d1b0751bcb6dc28d0f 9.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.3mdk.i586.rpm
91f0ff2421135e32f604d6cb82081439 9.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
0cb8fbd74766c4d0036cab36d57b6081 ppc/9.1/RPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.3mdk.ppc.rpm
fb0df358c4d6c9a7cf3982c4d3258004 ppc/9.1/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.4.1.6-0.3mdk.ppc.rpm
91f0ff2421135e32f604d6cb82081439 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/gdm-2.4.1.6-0.3mdk.src.rpm


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