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

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.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-19b2b73dc5 2015-11-02 17:42:58.181504 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : xscreensaver Product : Fedora 23 Version : 5.34 Release : 1.fc23 URL : Summary : X screen saver and locker Description : 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1274452 - Xscreensaver lock bypass https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274452 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . A patch has been released to address a vulnerability in xscreensaver that caused instability when disconnecting dualmonitors. Download the updated rpm file immediately.. Fedora Security, Xscreensaver Update, Dual Screen Crash Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 02, 2015 •Critical Fedora