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Fedora alert FEDORA-2009-3003 (compiz-fusion)

From:  updates@fedoraproject.org
To:  fedora-package-announce@redhat.com
Subject:  [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: compiz-fusion-0.7.6-6.fc9
Date:  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:06:33 +0000
Message-ID:  <20090325160651.6C087208514@bastion.fedora.phx.redhat.com>
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-3003 2009-03-25 15:23:13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : compiz-fusion Product : Fedora 9 Version : 0.7.6 Release : 6.fc9 URL : http://compiz-fusion.org Summary : Collection of Compiz Fusion plugins for Compiz Description : The Compiz Fusion Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve usability of the X Window System and provide increased productivity though plugins and themes contributed by the community giving a rich desktop experience -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update fixes a security issue in the expo plugin which allows local users with physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Mar 24 2009 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah@gmail.com> 0.7.6-6 - Add fix for RH #491918, CVE-2008-6514 * Sat Mar 14 2009 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah@gmail.com> 0.7.6-5 - Backport upstream fix for RH #474741 * Mon Jun 23 2008 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah@gmail.com> 0.7.6-4 - Speed up gconf schema installation * Wed Jun 11 2008 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah@gmail.com> 0.7.6-1 - Update to 0.7.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #491918 - CVE-2008-6514 compiz-fusion: Possible locked desktop access by using Expo plugin mouse shortcuts https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491918 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update compiz-fusion' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at http://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-ann...


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