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GLSA-201309-03 : Xlockmore: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 69547

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201309-03 (Xlockmore: Denial of Service)

 A Denial of Service flaw was found in the way Xlockmore performed the passing of arguments to the underlying localtime() call, when the ‘dlock’ mode was used.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition and potentially obtain unauthorized access to the graphical session, previously locked by another user.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Xlockmore users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-misc/xlockmore-5.43'

See Also

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201309-03.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69547

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201309-03.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 9/3/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xlockmore, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4524, CVE-2013-4143

BID: 56169, 61331

GLSA: 201309-03