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Fedora 23: FEDORA-2015-19b2b73dc5 Critical: Xscreensaver Dual Screen Crash

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A patch has been released to address a vulnerability in xscreensaver that caused instability when disconnecting dual monitors. Download the updated rpm file immediately.
A security flaw was found that xscreensaver aborts in some case with dual screen and unplugging one of them

Summary

A modular screen saver and locker for the X Window System.

More than 200 display modes are included in this package.

This is a metapackage for installing all default packages

related to XScreenSaver.

Update Information:

A security flaw was found that xscreensaver aborts in some case with dual screen and unplugging one of them. This new rpm should fix the issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue fedora update xscreensaver crash dual screen

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1274452 - Xscreensaver lock bypass https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274452

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update xscreensaver' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: xscreensaver
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 5.34
Release: 1.fc23
URL:
Summary: X screen saver and locker

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue fedora update xscreensaver crash dual screen

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