USN-669-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities

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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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gnome-display-properties(1) User Commands gnome-display-properties(1) NAME
gnome-display-properties - customize GNOME display behavior SYNOPSIS
gnome-display-properties [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
The GNOME display preference tool enables you to customize the screen resolution and refresh rate for your desktop. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the gnome-display-properties tool example% gnome-display-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-display-properties Executable for gnome-display-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. gnome-control-center(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007. SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-display-properties(1)

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