Fedora 9 : compiz-fusion-0.7.6-6.fc9 (2009-3003)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36023

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a security issue in the expo plugin which allows local users with physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected compiz-fusion package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491918

http://www.nessus.org/u?582168ad

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36023

File Name: fedora_2009-3003.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:compiz-fusion, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6514

BID: 32712

CWE: 264

FEDORA: 2009-3003