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Secunia Advisory SA30329

Red Hat update for compiz
Secunia Advisory SA30329
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Release Date 2008-05-22
   
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Criticality level Not criticalNot critical
Impact Security Bypass
Where Local system
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
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Operating System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
RHEL Desktop Workstation 5

Software:
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2007-3920 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

Red Hat has issued an update for compiz. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to a system to bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to Compiz potentially grabbing the input focus. This can be exploited to bypass and disable the screen locking feature.


Solution
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
Original Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0485.html

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