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gnome-screensaver: Race condition between shaking the unlock dialog and clearing the screen

Published Mar 19, 2010

Description

gdk/gdkwindow.c in GTK+ before 2.18.5, as used in gnome-screensaver before 2.28.1, performs implicit paints on windows of type GDK_WINDOW_FOREIGN, which triggers an X error in certain circumstances and consequently allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by pressing the Enter key many times.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 19, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 26, 2010
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Oct 14, 2009