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CVE-2007-3920

Publication date 29 October 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
compiz 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1
gnome-screensaver 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 2.20.0-0ubuntu4.2
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-537-2
    • Compiz vulnerability
    • 2 November 2007
    • USN-537-1
    • gnome-screensaver vulnerability
    • 23 October 2007

Other references