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Status published
Medium
CVE-2007-3920
GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz,...
Vulnerability Description
GNOME 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=363061
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10192
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00841.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357071
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30715
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37410
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-1
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00811.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26188
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0485.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27381
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28627
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30329
Affected Vendor
compiz
View all reports →Affected Software
compiz, screensaver
Vulnerable Versions:
2.20
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 29th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.