gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200407-05.xml

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<glsa id="200407-05">
  <title>XFree86, X.org: XDM ignores requestPort setting</title>
  <synopsis>
    XDM will open TCP sockets for its chooser, even if the
    DisplayManager.requestPort setting is set to 0. This may allow authorized
    users to access a machine remotely via X, even if the administrator has
    configured XDM to refuse such connections.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">xdm</product>
  <announced>July 05, 2004</announced>
  <revised>July 05, 2004: 01</revised>
  <bug>53226</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-base/xfree" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.3.0-r6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">4.3.0-r5</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="x11-base/xorg-x11" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">6.7.0-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">6.7.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The X Display Manager (XDM) is a program which provides a graphical login
    prompt to users on the console or on remote X terminals. It has largely
    been superseded by programs such as GDM and KDM.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    XDM will open TCP sockets for its chooser, even if the
    DisplayManager.requestPort setting is set to 0. Remote clients can use this
    port to connect to XDM and request a login window, thus allowing access to
    the system.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>
    Authorized users may be able to login remotely to a machine running XDM,
    even if this option is disabled in XDM's configuration. Please note that an
    attacker must have a preexisting account on the machine in order to exploit
    this vulnerability.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time. All users should upgrade to the
    latest available version of X.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    If you are using XFree86, you should run the following:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r6"
    # emerge ">=x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r6"</code>
    <p>
    If you are using X.org's X11 server, you should run the following:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1"
    # emerge ">=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0419">CAN 2004-0419</uri>
    <uri link="http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1376">XFree86 Bug</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter">
    condordes
  </metadata>
</glsa>