| Name | CVE-2007-3920 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DTSA-75-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 449108 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-screensaver (PTS) | buster | 3.6.1-10 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 3.6.1-13 | fixed | |
| xorg-server (PTS) | buster | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u11 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u7 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2:21.1.12-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-screensaver | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| gnome-screensaver | source | lenny | 2.18.2-1+lenny1 | DTSA-75-1 | ||
| gnome-screensaver | source | (unstable) | 2.20.0-1.1 | |||
| xorg-server | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| xorg-server | source | (unstable) | 2:1.4.1~git20080118-1 | medium | 449108 |
[etch] - gnome-screensaver <not-affected> (Affected Compiz not present in Etch version)
[etch] - xorg-server <not-affected> (Affected Compiz not present in Etch version)