USN-537-2: Compiz vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10

Packages

• compiz -

Details

USN-537-1 fixed vulnerabilities in gnome-screensaver. The fixes were
incomplete, and only reduced the scope of the vulnerability, without
fully solving it. This update fixes related problems in compiz.

Original advisory details:

Jens Askengren discovered that gnome-screensaver became confused when
running under Compiz, and could lose keyboard lock focus. A local attacker
could exploit this to bypass the user's locked screen saver.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.10

• compiz-core - 1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-3920

Related notices

• USN-537-1: gnome-screensaver