Description

SUSE has issued an update for xorg-x11 and XFree86. This fixes a security issue and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to a system to bypass certain security restrictions and by malicious local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, or to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA30627

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
Apply updated packages.
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Original Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_27_xorg.html

Other references
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