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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id= "201309-03" >
<title > Xlockmore: Denial of Service</title>
<synopsis > A buffer overflow in Xlockmore might allow remote attackers to
cause a Denial of Service.
</synopsis>
<product type= "ebuild" > Xlockmore</product>
<announced > 2013-09-02</announced>
<revised count= "1" > 2013-09-02</revised>
<bug > 255229</bug>
<bug > 440776</bug>
<bug > 477328</bug>
<access > local</access>
<affected >
<package name= "x11-misc/xlockmore" auto= "yes" arch= "*" >
<unaffected range= "ge" > 5.43</unaffected>
<vulnerable range= "lt" > 5.43</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background >
<p > Xlockmore is just another screensaver application for X.</p>
</background>
<description >
<p > 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.
</p>
</description>
<impact type= "normal" >
<p > 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.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround >
<p > There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution >
<p > All Xlockmore users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code >
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =x11-misc/xlockmore-5.43"
</code>
</resolution>
<references >
<uri link= "https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4524" > CVE-2012-4524</uri>
<uri link= "https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4143" > CVE-2013-4143</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag= "requester" timestamp= "2012-12-16T22:04:18Z" > craig</metadata>
<metadata tag= "submitter" timestamp= "2013-09-02T09:00:54Z" >
pinkbyte
</metadata>
</glsa>