CVE-2012-1620 Information

Description

slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button which reveals the desktop and active windows.

Reference

http://hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6 http://secunia.com/advisories/48700 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/2 http://www.osvdb.org/81035 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52922 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401645 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786310 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74666