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title: "CVE-2013-1050\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1050

Publication date 12 February 2013

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

The default configuration in gnome-screensaver 3.5.4 through 3.6.0 sets the
AutostartCondition line to fallback mode in the .desktop file, which
prevents the program from starting automatically after login and allows
physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an
unattended workstation.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1050?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gnome-screensaver | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 3.6.0-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | 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)

## Notes

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

only affects quantal+

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1050)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1050)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1050)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1050)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1716-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1716-1)
+ gnome-screensaver vulnerability
+ 12 February 2013

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1050>