Fedora 12 : gnome-screensaver-2.28.2-1.fc12 (2010-1556)

high Nessus Plugin ID 47263

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

gnome-screensaver currently doesn't deal with monitors getting removed properly. If the unlock dialog is on the removed monitor then the unlock dialog and its associated keyboard grab are not moved to an existing monitor when the monitor removal is processed. This means that users can gain access to the locked system by placing the mouse pointer on an external monitor and then disconnect the external monitor. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337

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 gnome-screensaver package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47263

File Name: fedora_2010-1556.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-screensaver, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0414

FEDORA: 2010-1556

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