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title: "CVE-2010-0285\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-0285

Publication date 24 February 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

gnome-screensaver 2.14.3, 2.22.2, 2.27.x, 2.28.0, and 2.28.3, when the X
configuration enables the extend screen option, allows physically proximate
attackers to bypass screen locking, access an unattended workstation, and
view half of the GNOME desktop by attaching an external monitor.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0285?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gnome-screensaver | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.5 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.24.0-0ubuntu6.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.24.0-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0285?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

code doesn't seem present in 2.22.2, but have not tested.
code seems to have been introduced in 2.23.3

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| gnome-screensaver | * Upstream:   [?id=2f5](http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=2f597ea9f1f363277fd4dfc109fa41bbc6225aca) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0285)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0285)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-0285)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0285)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-907-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-907-1)
+ gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities
+ 8 March 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0285>