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Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1716-1 Moderate: Gnome-Screensaver Access Problem

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2013
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Mitigating gnome-screensaver flaw in Ubuntu impacting user login. Apply the latest security patch to protect your device.
gnome-screensaver would allow unintended access to the user session.

Summary

gnome-screensaver would allow unintended access to the user session.

Software Description:

- gnome-screensaver: GNOME screen saver and locker

Details:

It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not start automatically after

logging in. This may result in the screen not being automatically locked

after the inactivity timeout is reached, permitting an attacker with

physical access to gain access to an unlocked session.

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Topics Covered

security advisory access issue moderate severity ubuntu gnome-screensaver session access

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10:
  gnome-screensaver               3.6.0-0ubuntu2.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1716-1

CVE-2013-1050

February 12, 2013

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Topics Covered

security advisory access issue moderate severity ubuntu gnome-screensaver session access

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/3.6.0-0ubuntu2.1

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