It was discovered that the notify feature in gnome-screensaver could let
a local attacker read the clipboard contents of a locked session by
using Ctrl-V. (CVE-2007-6389)
Alan Matsuoka discovered that gnome-screensaver did not properly handle
network outages when using a remote authentication service. During a
network interruption, or by disconnecting the network cable, a local
attacker could gain access to locked sessions. (CVE-2008-0887)
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 7.10 | noarch | gnome-screensaver | < 2.20.0-0ubuntu4.3 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 6.06 | noarch | gnome-screensaver | < 2.14.3-0ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |