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Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities (USN-907-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45016

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not correctly lock all screens when monitors get hotplugged. An attacker with physical access could use this flaw to gain access to a locked session.
(CVE-2010-0285)

It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not correctly handle keyboard grab when monitors get hotplugged. An attacker with physical access could use this flaw to gain access to a locked session. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10. (CVE-2010-0422).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gnome-screensaver package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/907-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 45016

File Name: ubuntu_USN-907-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2010

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnome-screensaver

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0285, CVE-2010-0422

BID: 38254

USN: 907-1