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Old 11-11-2008
USN-669-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2007-6389, CVE-2008-0887


Description:
===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-669-1 November 11, 2008gnome-screensaver vulnerabilitiesCVE-2007-6389, CVE-2008-0887===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 6.06 LTSUbuntu 7.10This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: gnome-screensaver 2.14.3-0ubuntu1.1Ubuntu 7.10: gnome-screensaver 2.20.0-0ubuntu4.3After a standard system upgrade you need to restart all user sessions onyour computer to effect the necessary changes.Details follow:It was discovered that the notify feature in gnome-screensaver could leta local attacker read the clipboard contents of a locked session byusing Ctrl-V. (CVE-2007-6389)Alan Matsuoka discovered that gnome-screensaver did not properly handlenetwork outages when using a remote authentication service. During anetwork interruption, or by disconnecting the network cable, a localattacker could gain access to locked sessions. (CVE-2008-0887)





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goban

GOBAN(1)						      General Commands Manual							  GOBAN(1)

NAME

       goban - Goban screensaver

SYNOPSIS

       goban [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the goban command.

       goban is a screensaver program that replays historical games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk) on the screen.

OPTIONS

       -version, --version
	      Print version information

       -[no]stealth
	      Stealth mode

       -display
	      Display to use

       -[no]color
	      Use color if possible

       -[no]hiContrast
	      Use high-contrast graphics instead of rendered

       -adfile
	      Set resource file name

       -name  Name used to look up X resources

       -fontHeight
	      Size (in pixels) of font (default = 12)

       -window-id
	      X window id to draw in

       -root  Draw on the root window

       -stonetime
	      Milliseconds between stones in screensaver (default = 2000)

       -gametime
	      Milliseconds between games in screensaver (default = 10000)

       -acceleration
	      Rate of acceleration of stonetime 0=slow 100=fast (default = 50)

       -game-dir
	      Directory to find games to play

       -minstonetime
	      Minimum stonetime (limit on acceleration) in screensaver (default = 100)

       -arena.games
	      Number of games to play in arena test

       -arena.prog1
	      Program 1 for arena testing

       -arena.prog2
	      Program 2 for arena testing

       -arena.size
	      Size to use in arena testing

       -arena.komi
	      Komi for arena testing

       -arena.handicap
	      Handicap for arena testing

       -edit  Edit SGF file

       -nngs  Connect to NNGS

       -igs   Connect to IGS

       -screensaver
	      Run as a screensaver

       -help, --help
	      Show help message

SEE ALSO

       xscreensaver(1)

       See the README for info about arena mode.

AUTHOR

       goban was written by Scott Draves <spot@draves.org>.

       This manual page was written by Al Nikolov <clown@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

       The Debian package is dedicated to the Saint-Petersburg Go Federation and personally to Maxim Podolyak, it's President.

								 November  4, 2010							  GOBAN(1)