Package name gnome-screensaver
Date July 4th, 2008
Advisory ID MDVSA-2008:135
Affected versions 2008.0

Problem Description

A vulnerability was found in gnome-screensaver 2.20.0 that could
possibly allow a local user to read the clipboard contents and X
selection data for a locked session by using CTRL-V (CVE-2007-6389).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2008.0

 5d98cc0c0e53e330152467813ebc75d5  2008.0/i586/gnome-screensaver-2.20.0-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 b9168aa13b1157d3d3e39e73d141aec6  2008.0/SRPMS/gnome-screensaver-2.20.0-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64

 72c1d0b2290a5e325f53b7b69d98c9ef  2008.0/x86_64/gnome-screensaver-2.20.0-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 b9168aa13b1157d3d3e39e73d141aec6  2008.0/SRPMS/gnome-screensaver-2.20.0-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6389

Upgrade

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Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

		rpm --checksig package.rpm
		

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