---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2007-653
2007-08-01
---------------------------------------------------------------------Product     : Fedora Core 6
Name        : gdm
Version     : 2.16.5
Release     : 2.fc6
Summary     : The GNOME Display Manager
Description :
Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable
reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log
into your system with the X Window System running and supports running
several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.

---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

JLANTHEA reported a denial of service flaw in the way that
gdm listens on its unix domain socket. Any local user can
crash the locally running X session.
---------------------------------------------------------------------* Tue Jul 31 2007 Ray Strode  - 1:2.16.5-2
- fix CVE-2007-3381

---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from:
    
8325d217b3ec741c1db7c161e609cd60962cb604  SRPMS/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.src.rpm
8325d217b3ec741c1db7c161e609cd60962cb604  noarch/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.src.rpm
f685bec86148df07b3e9a7f6d7de79fd6a6a66e4  ppc/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.ppc.rpm
8c083e9c40e8162e395f25df8d653afd697992f9  ppc/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.ppc.rpm
01892c82ea8f333a83bb147dfa4ede56d8cd14e1  x86_64/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.x86_64.rpm
2a8e11a3ef4b1b86b831c1e046762763579a72a8  x86_64/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.x86_64.rpm
7f4cbe4fd16a6107f20d76230c535c8f11bf9d40  i386/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.i386.rpm
9f3f94be542c821e36f920cc5d218d730bbf4562  i386/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.i386.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program.  Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line.  For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at .
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Fedora Core 6 Update: gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6

August 2, 2007
Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager

Summary

Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable

reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log

into your system with the X Window System running and supports running

several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.

JLANTHEA reported a denial of service flaw in the way that

gdm listens on its unix domain socket. Any local user can

crash the locally running X session.

- fix CVE-2007-3381

8325d217b3ec741c1db7c161e609cd60962cb604 SRPMS/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.src.rpm

8325d217b3ec741c1db7c161e609cd60962cb604 noarch/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.src.rpm

f685bec86148df07b3e9a7f6d7de79fd6a6a66e4 ppc/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.ppc.rpm

8c083e9c40e8162e395f25df8d653afd697992f9 ppc/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.ppc.rpm

01892c82ea8f333a83bb147dfa4ede56d8cd14e1 x86_64/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.x86_64.rpm

2a8e11a3ef4b1b86b831c1e046762763579a72a8 x86_64/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.x86_64.rpm

7f4cbe4fd16a6107f20d76230c535c8f11bf9d40 i386/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.i386.rpm

9f3f94be542c821e36f920cc5d218d730bbf4562 i386/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.i386.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update

package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing

Software with yum,' available at .

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FEDORA-2007-653 2007-08-01 Name : gdm Version : 2.16.5 Release : 2.fc6 Summary : The GNOME Display Manager Description : Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log into your system with the X Window System running and supports running several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time. JLANTHEA reported a denial of service flaw in the way that gdm listens on its unix domain socket. Any local user can crash the locally running X session. - fix CVE-2007-3381 8325d217b3ec741c1db7c161e609cd60962cb604 SRPMS/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.src.rpm 8325d217b3ec741c1db7c161e609cd60962cb604 noarch/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.src.rpm f685bec86148df07b3e9a7f6d7de79fd6a6a66e4 ppc/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.ppc.rpm 8c083e9c40e8162e395f25df8d653afd697992f9 ppc/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.ppc.rpm 01892c82ea8f333a83bb147dfa4ede56d8cd14e1 x86_64/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.x86_64.rpm 2a8e11a3ef4b1b86b831c1e046762763579a72a8 x86_64/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.x86_64.rpm 7f4cbe4fd16a6107f20d76230c535c8f11bf9d40 i386/debug/gdm-debuginfo-2.16.5-2.fc6.i386.rpm 9f3f94be542c821e36f920cc5d218d730bbf4562 i386/gdm-2.16.5-2.fc6.i386.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at . Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce

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Release : 2.fc6
Summary : The GNOME Display Manager

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