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Fedora 16 : xkeyboard-config-2.3-3.fc16 (2012-0712)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57611

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

The previous version of xkeyboard-config included the key combinations to clear and/or kill grabs in the default keymap. This enabled users to get around screen locks that use grabs to prevent input to other applications (e.g. gnome-screensaver). This update moves the definition of the key combinations to a XKB option that must be explicitly enabled by the user.

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

Solution

Update the affected xkeyboard-config package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783039

http://www.nessus.org/u?6c958b08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57611

File Name: fedora_2012-0712.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xkeyboard-config, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0064

BID: 51562

FEDORA: 2012-0712