CVE-2007-3920
First published: Mon Oct 29 2007(Updated: )
GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Compiz Compiz | ||
| GNOME screensaver | =2.20 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27381
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357071
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=363061
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00811.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00841.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28627
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0485.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30715
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37410
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10192
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- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu linux
- version/ubuntu ubuntu linux/7.10
- vendor/compiz
- canonical/compiz compiz
- vendor/gnome
- canonical/gnome screensaver
- version/gnome screensaver/2.20