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Fedora 17 : xlockmore-5.40-3.fc17 (2012-16485)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62822

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

fixed 'CVE-2012-4524 xlockmore: Screensaver crash (screen lock bypass) when 'dclock' mode used'

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected xlockmore package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867908

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca6d0a41

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62822

File Name: fedora_2012-16485.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xlockmore, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4524

BID: 56169

FEDORA: 2012-16485