USN-898-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerability

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USN-898-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerability

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CVE-2010-0414

Description:
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-898-1 February 10, 2010 gnome-screensaver vulnerability CVE-2010-0414 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 9.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 9.10: gnome-screensaver 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.4 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not correctly handle monitor hotplugging. An attacker with physical access could cause gnome-screensaver to crash and gain access to the locked session.

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gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties(1) User Commands gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties(1) NAME
gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties - configure GNOME keyboard accessibility preferences SYNOPSIS
gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
The GNOME keyboard accessibility preference tool enables you to set keyboard accessibility preferences. Also refer to accessx(1). OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5). EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties tool example% gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfully >0 Application exited with failure FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties Executable for gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. accessx(1), gnome-control-center(1), gnome-keybindings-properties(1), gnome-keyboard-properties(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007. SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties(1)

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