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Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

mintinstall (aka Software Manager) 7.9.9 for Linux Mint allows code execution if a REVIEWSCACHE file is controlled by an attacker, because an unpickle occurs. This is resolved in 8.0.0 and backports.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Clemens Fries reported that, when using Cinnamon, it was possible to bypass the screensaver lock:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327

An attacker with physical access to the machine could use this flaw to take over the locked desktop session.

A patch is currently not yet available.

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )

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