CVE-2008-7255

Publication date 20 April 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

login_screen.tcl in aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) before 0.97.1 saves a password after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
amsn 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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