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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66841
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-898-1 (gnome-screensaver)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to gnome-screensaver
announced via advisory USN-898-1.

Details follow:

It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not correctly handle monitor
hotplugging. An attacker with physical access could cause gnome-screensaver
to crash and gain access to the locked session.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10:
gnome-screensaver 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.4

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-898-1

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.2

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0414
38149
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
38468
http://secunia.com/advisories/38468
38532
http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
38534
http://secunia.com/advisories/38534
62219
http://www.osvdb.org/62219
FEDORA-2010-1556
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
MDVSA-2010:040
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
USN-898-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217
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