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Ubuntu: 6.06, 7.10 USN-669-1 Critical: Gnome-Screensaver Access Flaws

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2008
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-670-1 addresses vulnerabilities in gnome-shell that impact various versions.
It was discovered that the notify feature in gnome-screensaver could let a local attacker read the clipboard contents of a locked session by using Ctrl-V

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gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities

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security advisory critical access flaw ubuntu network threat remote authentication clipboard leak

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