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Category: Gentoo Local Security Checks Risk factor: Medium Added: 31 Jan 2012
Synopsis:

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches.

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-16 (X.Org X Server/X Keyboard Configuration Database: Screen lock bypass)

Starting with the =x11-base/xorg-server-1.11 package, the X.Org X Server again provides debugging functionality that can be used terminate an application that exclusively grabs mouse and keyboard input, like screen locking utilities.
Gu1 reported that the X Keyboard Configuration Database maps this functionality by default to the Ctrl+Alt+Numpad * key combination.

Impact :

A physically proximate attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to a locked X session without providing the correct credentials.

Workaround :

Downgrade to any version of x11-base/xorg-server below
x11-base/xorg-server-1.11:
# emerge --oneshot --verbose '<x11-base/xorg-server-1.11'

See also:

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201201-16.xml

Solution:

All xkeyboard-config users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
'>=x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.4.1-r3'
NOTE: The X.Org X Server 1.11 was only stable on the AMD64, ARM, HPPA, and x86 architectures. Users of the stable branches of all other architectures are not affected and will be directly provided with a fixed X Keyboard Configuration Database version.

Risk factor:

Medium