RHBA-2007:0283 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xscreensaver packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

The xscreensaver packages contain a variety of amusing and interesting
screen savers.

This erratum includes the following bug fixes:

• a crash in rd-bomb screen saver
• a client resource leak for custom screen savers that add pixmaps to the

save-set and store pixmap id on screen saver virtual root window.

All users of xscreensaver should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 199675 - xscreensaver - rd-bomb consitently bombs

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)