CVE-2007-3920

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3920
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-29 21:46:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Compiz Compiz All All All All
Application Compiz Compiz All All All All
Application Gnome Screensaver 2.20 All All All
Application Gnome Screensaver 2.20 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All sparc All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for gnome-screensaver and compiz - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug 357071 – CVE-2007-3920 gnome-screensaver loses keyboard grab when running under compiz [F7] CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.3.0.0-40.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Gnome-Screensaver With Compiz Lock Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.3.0.0-16.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
SUSE update for xorg-x11 and XFree86 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-537-2: Compiz vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Bug 363061 – CVE-2007-3920 gnome-screensaver loses keyboard grab when running under compiz [F8] CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-537-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: X.org/XFree86 security p SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Fedora update for xorg-x11-server - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat update for compiz - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-05-21Joshua BressersThis 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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