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gnome-screensaver: lock bypass

Package(s):gnome-screensaver CVE #(s):CVE-2010-0422
Created:February 16, 2010 Updated:March 8, 2010
Description: From the Red Hat bugzilla:

gnome-screensaver can lose its keyboard grab when locked, exposing the system to intrusion by adding and removing monitors.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-907-1 2010-03-08
Fedora FEDORA-2010-1855 2010-02-16
SuSE SUSE-SR:2010:004 2010-02-16
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