[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: compiz-fusion-0.7.6-6.fc9
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Wed Mar 25 16:06:33 UTC 2009
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-3003
2009-03-25 15:23:13
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Name : compiz-fusion
Product : Fedora 9
Version : 0.7.6
Release : 6.fc9
URL : http://compiz-fusion.org
Summary : Collection of Compiz Fusion plugins for Compiz
Description :
The Compiz Fusion Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve
usability of the X Window System and provide increased productivity
though plugins and themes contributed by the community giving a
rich desktop experience
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Update Information:
This update fixes a security issue in the expo plugin which allows local users
with physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked
desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts.
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Mar 24 2009 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah at gmail.com> 0.7.6-6
- Add fix for RH #491918, CVE-2008-6514
* Sat Mar 14 2009 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah at gmail.com> 0.7.6-5
- Backport upstream fix for RH #474741
* Mon Jun 23 2008 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah at gmail.com> 0.7.6-4
- Speed up gconf schema installation
* Wed Jun 11 2008 Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah at gmail.com> 0.7.6-1
- Update to 0.7.6
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #491918 - CVE-2008-6514 compiz-fusion: Possible locked desktop access by using Expo plugin mouse shortcuts
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491918
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update compiz-fusion' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
http://fedoraproject.org/keys
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