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xscreensaver security update

2007-05-0323:03:02
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CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0322-01

XScreenSaver is a collection of screensavers.

Alex Yamauchi discovered a flaw in the way XScreenSaver verifies user
passwords. When a system is using a remote directory service for login
credentials, a local attacker may be able to cause a network outage causing
XScreenSaver to crash, unlocking the screen. (CVE-2007-1859)

Users of XScreenSaver should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-May/075880.html

Affected packages:
xscreensaver

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
CentOS2i386xscreensaver< 3.33-4.rhel21.5xscreensaver-3.33-4.rhel21.5.i386.rpm