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X.org screensaver bypass found

X.org screensaver bypass found

Posted Jan 19, 2012 18:43 UTC (Thu) by zwenna (subscriber, #64777)
In reply to: X.org screensaver bypass found by mgedmin
Parent article: X.org screensaver bypass found

Ubuntu 11.10 still has xserver 1.10, so is not vulnerable.


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X.org screensaver bypass found

Posted Jan 19, 2012 19:36 UTC (Thu) by __alex (subscriber, #38036) [Link]

Unless like me you use the xorg-edgers ppa in which case you definitely are vulnerable :(

X.org screensaver bypass found

Posted Jan 19, 2012 22:43 UTC (Thu) by mgedmin (subscriber, #34497) [Link]

You mean this version of hw/xfree86/dixmods/xkbPrivate.c doesn't handle Private(type=0x86, data="clsgrab"), so there's no harm of that action existing in my xkb config? Now it makes sense to me.

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