National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3920
Original release date:10/29/2007
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
1.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (05/21/2008)
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This issue affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with a low security impact. An update to the compiz package was released to correct this issue:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0485.html
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External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-537-1
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 26188
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27381
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30715
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:027
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-0956
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-0930
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=363061
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357071
External Source: XF
Name: gnomescreensaver-compiz-security-bypass(37410)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-537-2
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0485
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30329
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28627