CVE - CVE-2007-3920

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-3920	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069.
References
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BID:26188 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26188 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357071 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=363061 FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-0930 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00811.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-0956 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00841.html OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10192 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10192 REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0485 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0485.html SECUNIA:27381 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27381 SECUNIA:28627 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28627 SECUNIA:30329 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30329 SECUNIA:30715 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30715 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2008:027 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html UBUNTU:USN-537-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-1 UBUNTU:USN-537-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-2 XF:gnomescreensaver-compiz-security-bypass(37410) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37410
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070720	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070720)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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