Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ldm
announced via advisory DSA 1561-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201561-1
Insight
Christian Herzog discovered that within the Linux Terminal Server Project, it was possible to connect to X on any LTSP client from any host on the network, making client windows and keystrokes visible to that host.
NOTE: most ldm installs are likely to be in a chroot environment exported over NFS, and will not be upgraded merely by upgrading the server itself.
For example, on the i386 architecture, to upgrade ldm will likely require:
chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get update
chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get dist-upgrade
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99debian11+etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:0.1~bzr20080308-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your ldm package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-1293 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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