CVE-2010-0422 Information

Description

gnome-screensaver 2.28.x before 2.28.3 does not properly synchronize the state of screen locking and the unlock dialog in situations involving a change to the number of monitors which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by connecting and disconnecting monitors multiple times a related issue to CVE-2010-0414.

Reference

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.3.news http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=271ae93d7b140b8ba40d77f9e4ce894e5fd1b554 http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=d4dcbd65a2df3c093c4e3a74bbbc75383eb9eadb http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=f93a22c175090cf02e80bc3ee676b53f1251f685 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035115.html http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126601292400764&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/38565 http://secunia.com/advisories/38583 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38248 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609789 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564464 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56364