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TITLE:
Mandriva update for gdm

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20587

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20587/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2006
http://secunia.com/product/9020/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for gdm. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions.

For more information:
SA20532

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Mandrivalinux 2006 --

52484787cbd6245c3b8a60933d04b0c4 
2006.0/RPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
647524fa758a38e234970d1c08bd6737 
2006.0/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.8.0.4-1.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
e464e85b60fcfb39e178e94f268e6698 
2006.0/SRPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

-- Mandrivalinux 2006/X86_64 --

c3a140acd7b4a1275c810ddd587e8d3a 
x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
27b79ebf1a55d018041f63b3069174af 
x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/gdm-Xnest-2.8.0.4-1.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
e464e85b60fcfb39e178e94f268e6698 
x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/gdm-2.8.0.4-1.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:100

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20532:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20532/

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