Bug 202649 – gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver-2.20.0 Allows unauthorized disclosure of information (CVE-2007-6389)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Security

[Description Lars Hartmann 2007-12-18 07:25:02 UTC]

CVE-2007-6389 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6389):
  The notify feature in GNOME screensaver (gnome-screensaver) 2.20.0 might
  allow local users to read the clipboard contents and X selection data for a
  locked session by using ctrl-V.

[Comment 1 Lars Hartmann 2007-12-18 07:32:09 UTC]

The notify feature in GNOME screensaver (gnome-screensaver) 2.20.0 might allow local users to read the clipboard contents and X selection data for a locked session by using ctrl-V.

[Comment 2 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2007-12-18 20:26:29 UTC]

There are patches available here, but I have to agree with the last comments on the GNOME bug that clearing without restoring might not be expected behavior.

[Comment 3 Lars Hartmann 2007-12-19 07:19:25 UTC]

dito, applying this patches would be a fault imo.
This would cause many bugreports about problems with the clipboard

[Comment 4 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) 2008-01-06 18:28:57 UTC]

Setting to upstream status until we have a proper patch.

[Comment 5 Mart Raudsepp 2008-02-19 12:41:21 UTC]

CCing maintainers...
Do we need to do anything? It seems upstream went with data loss and is seeing if someone cares about the clipboard data loss

[Comment 6 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2008-02-19 16:30:41 UTC]

Mart, thanks for getting back on this bug.

This thing is stable, so we're here for GLSA decision. I tend to vote yes.

[Comment 7 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) 2008-02-20 08:28:58 UTC]

I tend to vote NO.

[Comment 8 Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED) 2008-03-04 14:25:23 UTC]

I vote NO.

[Comment 9 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2008-03-04 14:26:34 UTC]

reverting to NO then, closing.