gnome-screensaver: keyboard lock bypass
| Package(s): | gnome-screensaver | CVE #(s): | CVE-2007-3920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | October 24, 2007 | Updated: | October 15, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Ubuntu advisory:
Jens Askengren discovered that gnome-screensaver became confused when running under Compiz, and could lose keyboard lock focus. A local attacker could exploit this to bypass the user's locked screen saver. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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