Bug 491918 (CVE-2008-6514) - CVE-2008-6514 compiz-fusion: Possible locked desktop access by using Expo plugin mouse shortcuts
Summary: CVE-2008-6514 compiz-fusion: Possible locked desktop access by using Expo plu...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-6514
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cg...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-24 16:24 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:29 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-11-24 21:42:57 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-03-24 16:24:21 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-6514 to
the following vulnerability:

The Expo plugin in Compiz Fusion 0.7.8 allows local users with
physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked
desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts, a related issue to
CVE-2007-3920.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6514
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-fusion-plugins-main/+bug/247088
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561567
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32712
http://secunia.com/advisories/33077
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47172

Upstream patch:
http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/expo;a=commit;h=f97a9fa6f0ad578f674d1f248bd7bef90e3260e0

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-03-24 16:25:11 UTC
This issue affects the version of compiz-fusion package, as shipped
with Fedora releases of 9 and 10.

Please fix.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2009-03-24 19:19:42 UTC
compiz-fusion-0.7.8-4.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/compiz-fusion-0.7.8-4.fc10

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-03-24 19:20:26 UTC
compiz-fusion-0.7.6-6.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/compiz-fusion-0.7.6-6.fc9

Comment 4 Adel Gadllah 2009-03-24 19:23:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> This issue affects the version of compiz-fusion package, as shipped
> with Fedora releases of 9 and 10.
> 
> Please fix.  

Thanks for the report, I have built fixed packages in rawhide, F-10 and F-9 and requested a push for the F-10 and F-9 packages in bodhi.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-03-25 16:01:41 UTC
compiz-fusion-0.7.8-4.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2009-03-25 16:04:12 UTC
compiz-fusion-0.7.6-6.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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