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CVE-2010-0414

Published: 10 February 2010

gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
2.28 and 2.29 only, fixed in 2.29.90

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
gnome-screensaver
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Not vulnerable
(2.22.2-0ubuntu1)
intrepid Not vulnerable
(2.24.0-0ubuntu2)
jaunty Not vulnerable
(2.24.0-0ubuntu6)
karmic
Released (2.28.0-0ubuntu3.4)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950