CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-3920

Published: Oct 29, 2007 | Modified: Apr 23, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxUbuntu7.10 (including)7.10 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatcompiz-0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5*
CompizUbuntugutsy*
CompizUbuntuupstream*
Gnome-screensaverUbuntugutsy*
Gnome-screensaverUbuntuupstream*

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