TITLE:
Red Hat update for xscreensaver

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20226

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20226/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for xscreensaver. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA20224

Note: An error in the handling of keyboard focus in xscreensaver has
also been fixed.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20224:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20224/

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