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gnome-screensaver: lock bypass

Package(s):gnome-screensaver CVE #(s):CVE-2008-0887
Created:April 2, 2008 Updated:November 12, 2008
Description: From the Red Hat advisory: A flaw was found in the way gnome-screensaver verified user passwords. When a system used a remote directory service for login credentials, a local attacker able to cause a network outage could cause gnome-screensaver to crash, unlocking the screen.
Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-669-1 gnome-screensaver 2008-11-11
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:132 gnome-screensaver 2008-07-04
SuSE SUSE-SR:2008:014 sudo, courier-authlib, gnome-screensaver, clamav, php5, ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, mtr, bind, pcre, tomcat, squid, freetype2 2008-07-04
Gentoo 200804-12 gnome-screensaver 2008-04-11
Fedora FEDORA-2008-3017 gnome-screensaver 2008-04-08
Fedora FEDORA-2008-2967 gnome-screensaver 2008-04-08
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0218-01 gnome-screensaver 2008-04-03
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0197-01 gnome-screensaver 2008-04-02

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