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Ubuntu 9.10 USN-866-1 Moderate: Gnome-Screensaver Unauthorized Access

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Calendar Grey December 7, 2009
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-867-1 addresses a vulnerability in gnome-screensaver that permits unauthorized access to an active session after a timeout period.
It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not always re-enable itself after applications requested it to ignore idle timers

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security advisory access issue moderate threat ubuntu gnome-screensaver session lock

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gnome-screensaver vulnerability

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Topics Covered

security advisory access issue moderate threat ubuntu gnome-screensaver session lock

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